Did the US really wipe out Iran’s nuclear sites? Reports say Trump may have been tricked by Tehran
On Saturday night, Donald Trump, Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan’daki three enrichment facilities leaving large shelter bombs and sent a seven B-2 secret bombardment plane from the United States to destroy Tehran’s nuclear program.
Has the US really deleted Iran’s nuclear places?
Some underground facilities may have survived and the enriched uranium may be moved without knowing anyone. The attack may have slowed down Iran’s nuclear plans, but according to CNN and Reuters’ reports, they did not stop them.
In a statement on Sunday, joint chefs General Dan Caine said that a US submarine used Tomahawk Cruise missiles, and that a US official estimated that Iran’s already enriched nuclear material stocks were kept underground.
Isfahan facility, according to a report made by CNN, contrary to the other two Iranian facilities targeted in the operation, left by the B-2 bombardment aircraft great “Bunker-Buster” bombs were not shot.
Although the United States used 12 shelter hunters to destroy Iran’s facility in Fordow, which contains the centrifugal required to enrich Uranium, the facility’s open survival of the facility aroused suspicion that even Trump’s declared target was not met.
What does satellite images reveal about damage?
According to commercial satellite images, the US’s attack on Iran’s Fordow Nuclear Power Plant was seriously damaged if not completely destroyed, the deeply embedded area and the uranium -enriching centrifugal contained in it suffered seriously, but experts said in a statement on Sunday. However, it is not known how much damage is caused by the tunnel layers of the facility.
What do the experts think of the attack?
Jeffrey Lewis, a weapon expert and professor at the International Research Institute of Midldlebury, closely examined the commercial satellite images of strike areas and said that the damage to the facility seems limited to above -ground structures.
“They punched with this mops,” he said, referring to the huge Ordans penetrator Bunker-Busting bombs, which the United States claimed to have fallen.
Decker Eveleth, a Satellite Specialist and Assistant Researcher with CNA Corporation, pointed out that it is impossible to verify the destruction under the ground. Hundreds of centrifugal halls, “satellite images based on the level of damage to us very deeply buried for us,” he said.
Did Iran secretly move its highly enriched uranium?
According to Iran, before attacking the US nuclear bases, most of the highly enriched uranium were kidnapped in a secret place. Iran claimed to have moved the 400 kg stock in Isfahan, most of them, and satellite photographs, according to a report by Reuters, showed convoys in recent days.
Authorities think that most of Fordow’s 400 kg 60%enriched uranium was transferred before a report by Telegraph before the midnight hammer operation.
The photo of 16 trucks passing by the entrance of the Fordow facility hidden by Moloz and Dirt was released on June 19 by the US defense contractor Maxar Technologies.
The Polish defense company TS2 Space reports that trucks, bulldozer and security convoys are driving Fordow, where analysts observe a “crazy effort” to move shield materials or centrifugues.
Israeli Intelligence Analyst Ronen Solomon said that transferring Iran’s uranium would be like a “fuel without a car” and they wouldn’t be able to do much with him unless he developed a small -scale project that we are not aware of according to the telegraph.
He also warned that Iran can hide these and other nuclear components in places where Israel, the US and UN nuclear inspectors are not aware of.
How does this affect Iran’s nuclear ambitions?
It would take years and rely on the capacity to restore basic equipment in order to produce a nuclear weapon despite Iran’s materials.
FAQ
Has the US completely destroyed Iran’s nuclear areas?
Not completely; Experts believe that some deep underground facilities and uranium stocks are saved.
How does this affect Iran’s nuclear ambitions?
Iran has the potential to reconstruct, since lock equipment and uranium may be secretly moved.
