When the American B-2-bombers left a military base in Missouri and some of them gave their way to the Pacific, flight lovers of flights had noticed that that was unusual and that it would be deliberate.
The United States had launched a B-2 bomber “strike package”, but to maintain the tactical surprise, the plane visibly went west and over the Pacific.
Now the highest military officer in the US has revealed that they did this “like a bait”.
In the meantime, “the main attack package, consisting of seven B-2 Spirit-Bommerpower, each with two crew members, went to the east quietly,” said General Dan Caine on a Pentagon briefing on Sunday morning, local time.
With minimal communication, the plane went over the Atlantic Ocean for the 18-hour flight to the goal area, he said.
Every movement of those B-2 aircraft would be closely monitored because these are the war machines that are able to deliver the so-called “bunker bus bombs” that Israel wants to use in his war against Iran.
Each stealth bomber can wear two “massive penetrator” bombs in its weapon bay and when the B-2 group broke east to Iran, they were fully charged.
The B-2s that launched from Continental US as part of Operation Midnight Hammer were accompanied by an escort shipping of fighter jets and rockets were launched from a maritime fleet. ((Delivered: Pentagon))
After the departure at midnight on Saturday, local time, the B-2s were accompanied by an escort “support package” of fighter jets 17 hours later.
The plane pulled several times during the flight.
“Once over the country, the B-2 connected with escort and support aircraft in a complex tightly timed maneuver that requires exact synchronization … in a narrow piece of airspace, all done with minimal communication,” said General Caine.
From there it was slightly less than two hours until they would be over their goals.
At about the same time, an American submarine launched in the region “More than two dozen Tomahawk Land Attack Cruise missiles against important surface -infrastructure goals,” said General Caine.
By the early Saturday evening Washington Time crossed the B-2s and their escorts in Iranian airspace.
“When the Operation Midnight Hammer Strike package entered the Iranian air space, the US used different deception tactics, including lure,” said General Caine.
“If the [escort] Aircraft pushed out at high altitude and high speed for the battle package, [they were] Weep for the package for enemy hunters and surface to air rocket threats. “
We know that the specific goals for this mission Iran’s Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan were nuclear locations.
The Lokvogels were closed off, the three components of the US Army were coordinated and now went to their goals to drop the enormous load on the facilities that the US and Israel believe that is crucial for Iran’s nuclear potential.
In the situation of the White House, Donald Trump was flanked by General Caine, Vice President JD Vance and State Secretary Marco Rubio, as well as his staff chef, and other members of his cabinet and inner circle.
The group watched while Operation Midnight Hammer reached its destination.
US President Donald Trump next to State Secretary Marco Rubio. ((Delivered: The White House))
At around 6.40 pm, Washington Time, the head B-2 dropped two massive ordnance penetrator (mops) weapons on the first target that the Fordow Nuclear Facility was.
“The remaining bombers then also touched their goals, with a total of 14 pugs fell against two nuclear target areas. All three of the Iranian nuclear infrastructure goals were hit between 6.40 pm and 7:05 pm Eastern Time,” said General Cainal.
“The Tomahawk missiles are the last to strike … to ensure that we keep the surprise element during the operation.”
After the bombs were released, the plane left the Iranian airspace and the “package started its return home”.
General Caine called the Decoy Move a “deception effort” and said it was only known to an “extremely small number of planners and important leaders” in Washington and Tampa, Florida, on which the US central command is based.
Mr. Trump and Minister of Defense Pete Hegseeth have said that the goals have been erased, but still have to provide evidence of the extent of the damage.
General Caine was more measured and said that damage -reviews would take some time, but that “initial assessments of the battle damage indicate that all three locations have suffered extremely serious damage and destruction”.
Within Iran, the state media initially tried the damage and said they had prepared for the attack, but it is also difficult to verify those claims.
General Caine said during the mission that the US is retaining the surprise element.
“The hunters of Iran did not fly and it seems that the surface of Iran to air missile systems did not see us,”
he said.
Two weeks, two days
The President of the United States had brought the week that apparently racet to a decision to stop in Iran, but then to make a single statement through his press secretary that he would give himself two weeks to make the decision.
He finally took two days.
And from details that were released in the Pentagon on Sunday, it seems to be planning to send his best war machines to bomb a former ally, it was very ready, just wait to be set in motion.
“This is a plan that lasted months and weeks of positioning and preparation, so that we could be ready when the President of the United States called,” said Hegseeth.
He said: “The mission was not and was not about regime change” in Iran.
“The president authorized a precision operation to neutralize the threats for our national interests of the Iranian nuclear program and the collective self -defense of our troops,” he said.
“The United States is not looking for war, but let me be clear that we will act quickly and decisively when our people, our partners or our interests are threatened.”
Iran has promised to respond.
“Now it is our turn, without wasting time, as a first step, rockets on the American navy fleet in Bahrain and at the same time closing the street of Hormuz for American, British, German and French ships,” said Hossein Sharhatmadari, a representative of Iranian Supreme -leader Ayatollah, in the Hardline -leader, in the Hardline, in the Heavenhandaian, in the Hardehameria, in the Hardline, in the Hamerhamaian, in the Hardehamenia, in the Hardline, in the Hardehamenia, in the Hardline, in the Hardenhamenian, in the Hardenian, in the Hardeniandaian, in the Hardeniandaian, Hamerhandaian, in the Hardline, in the Hardline, in the Hardline -Hameniandaian, in the Heavenaian, Khamenian, Hardline
The use of the massive ordinent penetrator bombs against Iran is the very first operational use of these weapons.
“This was the largest B-2 operation strike in American history and the second longest B-2 mission ever flown, only surpassed by those in the days after 911,” said General Caine.
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