New satellite images show that our stealth bombers seem to have in a vulnerable place aimed at one of the most important nuclear locations of Iran, deeply buried in a mountain.
Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant, located near the city of QOM, is a once secret facility that has recently enriched Uranium to levels high above the minimum needed for civil use.
“If your goal is to eliminate [Iran’s] Nuclear program, you have to eliminate Fordow, “an expert told ABC News Verify.
The American Minister of Defense Pete Hegseeth said that the bombers had “shifted” the nuclear ambitions of Iran, in a press conference after the mission.
New images from the site shows six visible craters on the mountain that protect the underground structure of Fordow, which is thought that it is approximately 90 meters lower.
They were caused by several of the 14 GBU-57 solid ordnance penetrator (MOP) bombs fell on two Iranian nuclear locations during the attack.
The images have been analyzed by experts from the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)-a think tank led by David Albright, a leading American physicist and nuclear weapons expert, who is also a former weapon inspector.
The effects at the bottom seem to use one of the vulnerabilities of the facility – a ventilation axis, according to the ISIS analysis.
“This set of holes [is] Close to the ventilation axis of the underground complex, making a simpler path for the pugs to the deeply buried halls, “it is.
“It is very likely that the enrichment halls have been seriously damaged or even destroyed in the attack. Waste from the explosions can be seen on the side of the mountain,” concludes it.
The ventilation axis was identified as a weak spot in the structure – after Fordow’s early blueprints were stolen in a 2018 raid by Mossad, the foreign intelligence service of Israel.
“We were surprised here, there is only one ventilation shaft for the building,” said David Albright in a podcast interview from 2024.
‘You see it in the drawings. We went back and looked at historical images and we could see it built, and then [camouflaged].
“You know exactly where it is … you can destroy that axle deep, which may cause damage, usually due to temperature effects.
“You could put the facility out of the assignment for a long time, probably measured in a few years instead of a few months,” he told the Poseur of the weapon control.
The ISIS analysis also notes that Iran’s inputs were filled by Iran prior to the attack.
Proof of this can be seen in visual language from 20 June, where trucks and what seem to be bulldozers were recorded near the entrances to the facility.
Nathanz and Isfahan
The new images also shows Natanz-the largest enrichment facility of Iran-Is influenced by at least one “bunker buster”.
An image from the construction in 2003 shows large structures in the middle of the site, which are not present in more recent images and are probably buried.
The new images shows at least one GBU-57 impact point above what is considered a buried enrichment hall, according to ISIS analysis.
“This explosion probably destroyed the facility,” concludes it.
The high -resolution images shows at least one other likely impact crater.
Earlier Israeli strikes had hit an electric substation, generators of guest turbine generators, a power supply support building and a pilot fuel enrichment installation.
The Isfahan nuclear site was also affected by Israeli strikes prior to the involvement of America.
But an American submarine launched more than two dozen Tomahawk Cruise rockets on the site when the attack unfolded.
ISIS analysis said that the ISFAHAN complex has suffered serious damage, including its most important uranium conversion facility and nearby tunnel corridors.
Bombers fly to the east
B-2 Spirit stealth bombers were used to drop the GBU-57s-the first time the bombs were used in an operation.
The bombs reach a depth of up to 60 meters before they explode.
The whole fleet of B-2s of the US works from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri.
It took 18 hours for the bombers to reach their goal, according to the chairman of the joint staff chefs, general than Caine.
Including the flight back to the US, it was the longest B-2 mission since 2001.
The mission included flying a number of bombers in the west over the Pacific as Lokvogels – which could be followed by some aviation lovers.
General Caine said that more than 125 aircraft were involved in the mission including fourth and fifth generation fighter jets.
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