INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Commercial satellite imagery indicates the U.S
nuclear inspector who heads the Institute for Science and International Security, referring to the Massive Ordnance Penetrator
bunker-busting bombs that the U.S
Eveleth, an associate researcher with the CNA Corporation who specializes in satellite imagery
said.To defend against attacks such as the one conducted by U.S
forces early on Sunday, Iran buried much of its nuclear program in fortified sites deep underground, including into the side of a mountain
at Fordow.Satellite images show six holes where the bunker-busting bombs appear to have penetrated the mountain, and then ground that looks
But a failure to completely destroy its facilities and equipment could mean Iran could more easily restart the weapons program that U.S
stockpile of near weapons-grade highly enriched uranium out of Fordow before the strike early Sunday morning and could be hiding it and
other nuclear components in locations unknown to Israel, the U.S
long line of vehicles waiting outside an entrance of the facility
A senior Iranian source told Reuters on Sunday most of the near weapons-grade 60% highly enriched uranium had been moved to an undisclosed
of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
Mark Kelly, a Democrat and member of the Senate intelligence committee who said he had been reviewing intelligence every day, expressed the
cornerstone of the international system that went into force in 1970 to stop the spread of nuclear weapons, ending cooperation with the
neatly spaced holes in two groups in the mountain ridge beneath which the hall containing the centrifuges is believed to be located.General
Dan Caine, chairman of the U.S
Joint Chiefs of Staff, told, opens new tab reporters that seven B-2 bombers dropped 14 GBU-57/B MOPs, 30,000-pound precision-guided bombs
designed to drive up to 200 feet into hardened underground facilities like Fordow, according to a 2012 congressional report.Caine said
initial assessments indicated that the sites suffered extremely severe damage, but declined to speculate about whether any nuclear
There are other nuclear-related sites near the city.Israel had already struck Natanz and the Isfahan Nuclear Research Center in its 10-day
war with Iran.Albright said in a post on X that Airbus Defence and Space satellite imagery showed that U.S
Tomahawk cruise missiles severely damaged a uranium facility at Isfahan and an impact hole above the underground enrichment halls at Natanz
use of cruise missiles in Isfahan, saying that those weapons could not penetrate a tunnel complex near the main nuclear research center
believed to be even deeper than Fordow
