The Pentagon is set to hold a briefing after U.S. strikes Iran [View all]
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Source: NPR
June 22, 2025 7:37 AM ET
The U.S. attack on Iran's nuclear sites involved B-2 Stealth Bombers and also included at least one submarine, according to a U.S. official who requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the information.
Those are some of the details emerging hours after the first U.S. offensive operation in war between Israel and Iran. The Pentagon will provide a briefing on the U.S. strikes on Iran — dubbed Operation Midnight Hammer — Sunday morning. Watch it live:
The B-2 bombers dropped 30,000-pound, bunker-busting bombs on two Iranian nuclear sites, Fordo and Natanz. The U.S. has used those planes previously, but this marks the first time these massive bombs have been used in combat.
In addition, at least one U.S. submarine fired two dozen Tomahawk missiles at a third nuclear site in Isfahan. The U.S. planes flew round-trip from an air base near Kansas City and, the U.S. official said, did not come under fire while in Iranian air space.
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The Pentagon will provide a briefing on the U.S. airstrikes on Iran Sunday morning, after President Trump took direct action for the first time in the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran.
Trump declared the strikes on three separate nuclear sites a "spectacular military success."
"Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated," he said in an address from the White House Saturday night. "Iran, the bully of the Middle East, must now make peace. If they do not, future attacks will be far greater and a lot easier."
Gen. Dan Cain, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth are scheduled to hold their press conference at 8 a.m. ET.
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