ABOUT THAT CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING THE US STRIKES ON FORDOW, NATANZ AND ISFAHAN

By Howie Katz

 

Satellite image of bunker buster bombs impact at Fordow 

 

President Trump insists that the strike on Iran "completely and totally obliterated" Iran's nuclear development sites. 

But a leaked Pentagon intelligence document described the damage as mainly confined to above-ground structures, with Iran's nuclear program not destroyed. The document suggested that Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium had been moved to some other location before the bombardment and that Iran's nuclear program was only set back "a few months, tops."

 

 

Trucks lined up on June 19 near the entrance of Iran's Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant. Were they moving Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium to some other location? 

Centrifuges deep underground in Iran's Fordow Nuclear Facility.

 

So, what is the truth? 

We know that Trump is prone to hyperbole. But that aside, there is no doubt that Iran's nuclear sites at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan suffered significant damage.

We really don't know if our bunker buster bombs reached the chamber containing Iran's centrifuges deep underground at Fordow, but one thing is for sure. the tunnels leading to that facility no longer exist and no one can get in or out. 

The questioning of the bombardment's effectiveness has resulted in the usual Trump temper tantrum.

 

 

 

I suspect that a coming Pentagon intelligence assessment will show that Iran's nuclear program, if not destroyed, has been set back far more than just a few months.