President Trump defends U.S. strikes on Iran s nuclear sites

(NBC) President Trump is claiming that the recent American military attacks on Iranian nuclear installations were a resounding success. After the Department of Defense released new information about the clandestine operation, Trump declared, “They hit the target, and the target has now been proven to be obliterated.”

The mission’s B-2 bomber aircrew, which dropped 30,000-pound bunker-busting bombs on deeply buried targets, were commended by military commanders. Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force General Dan Caine attested to the operation’s accuracy. According to Caine, every weapon was directed toward its intended objectives. “This was the brightest explosion I’ve ever seen,” the pilot said.

“We are obliterating, destroying Iran’s nuclear capabilities,” said Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, describing the operation as a significant setback to Iran’s nuclear aspirations.

The sophisticated strikes were the result of 15 years of research and development, which the Pentagon displayed test footage from. But some of the excitement has been dampened by a leaked early evaluation from the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency. According to that report, the organization has little faith in those preliminary findings and speculates that Iran’s nuclear program may have only been delayed by a few months.

The CIA Director, however, asserts that other reliable evidence suggests Iran would require years to restore its nuclear infrastructure. According to the director of the United Nations nuclear watchdog, Iran’s program has suffered significant harm, as evidenced by the fact that the centrifuges at the crucial Fordo site are no longer in use.

The operation has started to provide senators with confidential briefings. “No one is going to work at these sites anytime soon,” stated Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC).

Not all enriched uranium would have been destroyed in the strikes, according to previous intelligence, thus Democratic Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) called for prudence and diplomacy.

Warner stated that diplomatic measures are still required to avert future nuclear threats, noting that some of the enriched uranium would never be destroyed by a bunker-buster explosion.