Trump boasts of ‘monumental damage' to Iran's nuke sites, calls it bullseye strike
Donald Trump on Monday reiterated that US forces struck deep inside Iran early on Sunday, causing "monumental damage" to the country's nuclear sites and called it a bullseye strike and an obliteration of the Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan nuclear facilities. The strikes came as a major escalation and the first direct US military involvement in the conflict alongside Israel."Monumental Damage was done to all Nuclear sites in Iran, as shown by satellite images. Obliteration is an accurate term! The white structure shown is deeply imbedded into the rock, with even its roof well below ground level, and completely shielded from flame. The biggest damage took place far below ground level. Bullseye!!!," Trump posted from his Truth Social handle.advertisement
The US deployed powerful bunker-buster bombs on the Fordow nuclear facility, located deep inside a mountain. After more than a week of Israeli assaults targeting Iran's air defence systems and missile infrastructure, Trump ordered airstrikes on Iran with the aim to cripple Tehran's nuclear programme.In a post on Truth Social on Sunday, Trump sai, "We have completed our very successful attack on the three nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan. All planes are now outside of Iran airspace. A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow. All planes are safely on their way home," he wrote.Later that evening, US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth called the offensive a huge success, claiming the Middle East country's nuclear programme was "devastated" and "obliterated".advertisement
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