Cliff Notes
- The US has targeted three key Iranian nuclear facilities: Isfahan, Natanz, and Fordow, with preliminary reports indicating significant military action.
- US B-2 bombers deployed six bunker buster bombs at Fordow, a facility designed to withstand heavy bombardment, and employed Tomahawk missiles on Natanz and Isfahan.
- President Trump has claimed that the strikes have “obliterated” the designated sites, although detailed assessments of damage remain unconfirmed.
Isfahan, Natanz and Fordow: What we know about the US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities | World News
There is much that is still not known about the US strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities.
Reports are coming in about which sites were hit and what military elements were involved, as President Donald Trump hails the attack on social media.
Here’s what we know so far.
Follow latest: US bombers strike three Iranian nuclear sites
Which sites were hit?
America appears to have hit the three key locations in Iran’s nuclear programme.
They include Isfahan, the location of a significant research base, as well as uranium enrichment facilities at Natanz and Fordow.
Natanz was believed to have been previously damaged in Israeli strikes after bombs disrupted power to the centrifuge hall, possibly destroying the machines indirectly.