Pete Hegseth Details Operation Midnight Hammer, ‘Obliterated’ Iran’s Nuclear Program

Pete Hegses The US said it had a crippling blow to Iran’s nuclear infrastructure just hours after a massive military operation targeted the three countries’ major enrichment facilities.

The Secretary of Defense said Sunday morning that Iran’s nuclear ambitions had been “expunged” by precision airstrikes, and that he praised the president. Donald TrumpDefinitive leadership.

“The President has allowed precision operations to neutralize the threat to the national interests posed by Iran’s nuclear program and our military and our allies’ collective self-defense of Israel,” he said.

Air Assault has hit Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan enrichment sites, with US officials taking the damage extensively.

The B-2 bombers, stealth aircraft, and cruise missiles were used in coordinated attacks, part of what the Pentagon dubbed the Midnight Hammer.

It was announced that Air Strike surprised Iran, with the chairman of the co-chief of staff Dan Kane “Currently, we are not aware of any shots fired on the US strike package along the way… we are not aware of any shots fired on the package along the way.”

Kane confirmed the seriousness of the strike’s impact, but stopped calling it a complete destruction. “The final combat damage will take some time, but the initial combat damage assessment shows that all three sites maintained very serious damage and destruction,” he said.

President Trump spoke to the nation on Saturday night, calling the operation a success and what he described as a dismantling of Iran’s nuclear enrichment capabilities.