The US’s 25 minutes in Iran: “We succeeded in the surprise”
Updated 17.06 | Published 14.52
Bluffs, decoys and 14 bunker busting bombs.
Now the US is revealing new details about Operation “Midnight hammer”.
– We were in and out in 25 minutes, says General Dan Caine.
On the night of Sunday, Donald Trump carried out “Operation Midnight Hammer”, with the aim of destroying Iran's nuclear facilities.
He made the final decision at his private golf club in New Jersey.
It was all over in 25 minutes, says Trump’s military advisor Dan Caine.
– We succeeded in the element of surprise.
Among other things, a decoy bomber was sent out into the Pacific Ocean to confuse Iran, according to Trump's advisor Dan Caine.
- It was known only to an extremely small number of people who planned the operation in Washington and Tampa, he says.
At the same time, seven bombers flew into Iranian airspace and dropped about a dozen bunker-busting bombs over the facilities, Fordo and Natanz.
125 aircraft were involved in the attack, Caine says. A US submarine also fired about a dozen cruise missiles at the nuclear power plant in Isfahan, Iran.
All facilities are said to have suffered extensive damage.
– The Air Force then began its journey home without any weapons being fired by Iran, he says.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth describes the attack as “incredible and overwhelming”.
But he emphasizes that they are not interested in war.
– Let me be clear, we will act quickly and decisively when our employees, our partners or our interests are threatened.
According to Hegseth, the attack took months to prepare and that they were just waiting for Trump’s order.
– The order received from the commander in chief was clear and powerful. We destroyed the Iranian nuclear weapons program.
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