The US government has revealed details about the largest attack on the country’s history, carried out against nuclear facilities in Iran. Named “Midnight Hammer”involved an impressive contingent of 125 submarine aircraft and missiles.
According to information released by the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, and the head of the joint state-state, Dan Caine, the operation was highly secret, with very few people in Washington knowing the details of the plan. The attack targeted the nuclear facilities of Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan.
General Dan Caine provided a detailed schedule of the operation. The bombers began to leave their bases around 6 pm (Brasília) on Saturday. At 7:40 pm, an American submarine launched more than a dozen cruise missiles against Isfahan. Between 7:40 pm and 8:05 pm, B-2 bombers launched huge destructive bombs on the Fordow and Natanz plants.
The aircraft used included the B-2 bombers, unique capable of loading those of almost 14 tons, as well as refueling aircraft, recognition and fighters. Caine pointed out that the penetration bombs were especially important for the attack on.
Concealment strategy
An interesting tactic revealed was the use of bombers as bait. Part of the fleet was directed to the Pacific, including the Guam base, as part of a plan to keep the element surprised. This concealment strategy was known only by an extremely small number of planners and leaders.
Hegseth stated that the operation It was not targeted by Iranian troops or the Iranian peopleemphasizing that the goal was not a change of regime in Iran. He also pointed out that the Iranian nuclear program was “devastated”although General Caine has admitted that it is not yet possible to determine the exact extent of damage to the facilities.
US authorities pointed out that, possibly as a strategy to protect themselves from criticism for not having warned Congress in advance, as provided for in American law.
