Iran: The United States launched precision attacks on Iran’s three nuclear sites, Isfahan, Natanz, and Fordow, a day after US President Donald Trump criticised the Nobel committee for failing to recognise his anti-war initiatives. A look at the landscape where the nuclear plant has been cut out is provided by high-resolution pre- and post-impact satellite pictures of the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant, located northeast of Qom.
There are several points that lead to the facility, as well as a main road that leads to it. The pre-images also show a lot of cars parked close to the plant’s entrance. Two locations that might have been potential bomb entrance points are visible in the post-impact photograph of the Fordow nuclear complex. Additionally, it demonstrates how the land of the Earth had collapsed inward after the impact, while the tunnel mouths had been covered with dirt.
Which parts of Iran has the US bombed?
In a briefing on Sunday, Air Force Chief Dan Caine stated that the United States had dropped bunker-buster bombs on two nuclear sites (Fordow and Natanz) and fired over two dozen Tomahawk missiles on a third (Isfahan).
Earlier in his broadcast speech, Trump declared, “The strikes were a spectacular military success.” “Our objective was the destruction of Iran’s nuclear enrichment capacity,” he stated, adding that “Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated.”
Nuclear Sites Bombing by the US
What is known about the three nuclear sites is as follows:
- Fordow: It is located in the mountains close to Qom, in northwest Iran. Fordow is a highly defended underground uranium enrichment plant that is said to be hundreds of meters deep. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says this facility can accommodate up to 2,976 spinning centrifuges.
- Natanz: It is indeed the largest enrichment centre in Iran. It has enormous halls filled with centrifuges, some of which are underground. It has been a major centre for Iran’s nuclear program and the target of several previous attempts at sabotage. On June 13, Israeli strikes struck it in the initial wave of airstrikes.
- With uranium conversion facilities and fuel fabrication units, Isfahan is a significant hub for nuclear research and manufacturing. It is also essential for preparing raw materials for use in reactors and enrichment processes.
Iran maintains that its nuclear program is for civilian purposes. However, there have been years of accusations from the US and Israel that it is pursuing nuclear weapons.
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