US bunker-buster bombs failed to destroy Iran’s Fordo nuclear facility: Report

Maxar Satellite Imagery provides an overhead view of the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Facility in Iran. [Getty Images]

US strikes on Iran’s Fordo nuclear facility “severely damaged” but did not destroy the underground complex, a senior American official told the New York Times on Sunday, Anadolu reports. The official, speaking anonymously, acknowledged that B-2 stealth bomber attacks using bunker-buster bombs failed to eliminate the “heavily fortified” facility despite causing significant damage. The US deployed six bunker-buster bombs against Fordo using B-2 bombers, while submarine-launched cruise missiles…

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News Source: www.middleeastmonitor.com

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