Did the B-2 bomber strikes on Fordow accomplish its intended mission — to shut down the nuclear-weapons development site? Some wondered at just how much damage the strikes caused after the US released before-and-after aerial photos of the redoubt. Apart from six neatly spaced holes in the ground, very little surface disruption could be seen,...
A conventional wisdom has developed that only the United States has the capacity to destroy Iran’s nuclear enrichment facility at Fordow, and that the US most certainly does have that capability. But what if that second assumption is false? Could it be that Iran’s Fordow enrichment site is actually not vulnerable to destruction from the...
Before we get to the answer, the question looks less academic by the hour. Donald Trump has already declared that he wants a couple of weeks to decide whether a US strike on Fordow using GBU-57 bunker busters would be required to end the Iranian nuclear-weapons development threat. Trump insists he prefers Iran to surrender...
It truly is hard to overstate how impressive the opening round of attacks by Israel into Iran have been from a military and strategic perspective. Using a lethal mix of intel, deception, surprise, technology, diplomacy, not to mention the bravery, courage, and unity of purpose that the threat of annihilation provides, the surgical strikes on...