The U.S. bombing attack on Iran’s deeply buried Fordow uranium enrichment plant went to plan, General Dan Caine, the head of the U.S. military, said in Washington on Thursday.
Speaking at the Pentagon, Caine said the assessment was based on information from the U.S. intelligence services. “We don’t grade our homework,” he said.
The following was now known, Caine said: “First, the weapons were built, tested, and loaded properly.
“Two, the weapons were released at speed and on parameters.
“Three, the weapons all guided to their intended targets and to their intended aim points.
“Four of the weapons functioned as designed, meaning they exploded.”
The GBU-57 bunker-buster bombs used are constructed in such a way that they do not generate a bomb crater but penetrate deep into the earth before exploding.
According to information from the U.S. military, B-2 stealth bombers dropped a total of 14 of these bombs on Sunday.
The enrichment site in Natanz was targeted along with Fordow.
A conflicting US intelligence assessment leaked to the press suggested that the raid failed to destroy the Fordow centrifuges.
President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have vehemently denied this.
