Gen. Caine shares info about US strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine emphasized on Thursday that the operation against Iran's nuclear facilities went as planned, and the 30,000 pound bombs dropped 'functioned as designed, meaning they exploded.'
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