Pentagon Details How US Bombed Iran’s Nuclear Sites

US Joint Chiefs Chairman General Dan Caine and US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Sunday afternoon gave the full details and background on how American forces used decoys, stealth aircraft, and mega bunker buster bombs to attack three key Iranian nuclear facilities in just 25 minutes.

Caine explained that a larger number of aircraft than those which eventually struck Iran flew from Missouri in the direction of Iran initially, but that then the majority of the aircraft split to the West as a decoy.

He said the US used 75 precision-guided weapons throughout the operation.

Only seven B-2 bombers continued to proceed toward the Islamic Republic under virtual radio silence.

Other escort fighter aircraft coming from another direction linked up with the B-2 bombers before the B-2 bombers entered Iranian airspace.

The US deployed cyber, preemptive fire from fourth and fifth generation fighter jets and 24 tomahawk missiles from a nearby US submarine to distract Iran as the B-2 bombers proceeded toward the Fordow and Natanz nuclear facilities.

According to Hegseth, all of the precision munitions struck what they wanted to strike and they believe the strike achieved the destruction of the two facilities.

No Iranians were targeted, only the three nuclear sites, according to the US officials.

Tomahawk missiles also hit the Isfahan nuclear facility.

Caine said that the battle assessment of damage to Fordow was still not final and was ongoing.