{"id":5125,"date":"2025-06-22T08:24:53","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T08:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/?p=5125"},"modified":"2025-06-22T08:24:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T08:24:53","slug":"u-s-joins-israeli-strikes-on-iran-targets-key-nuclear-facilities-in-escalating-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/?p=5125","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Joins Israeli Strikes on Iran, Targets Key Nuclear Facilities in Escalating Conflict."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><h1><strong>U.S. Joins Israeli Strikes on Iran, Targets Key Nuclear Facilities in Escalating Conflict.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Tehran:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a dramatic escalation of tensions in the Middle East, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the United States has conducted direct airstrikes on three nuclear-related sites in Iran, marking a significant and risky expansion of Israel&#8217;s ongoing military campaign aimed at dismantling Tehran\u2019s nuclear capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>The coordinated operation, which reportedly involved B-2 stealth bombers and the deployment of powerful bunker-buster munitions, struck deeply fortified nuclear facilities in <strong>Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan<\/strong>\u2014sites central to Iran&#8217;s uranium enrichment infrastructure. The move comes amid growing international concern that the conflict could spiral into a broader regional war.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan,\u201d Trump posted Sunday on his social media platform. \u201cAll planes are now outside of Iran air space. A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow. All planes are safely on their way home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the US president did not specify the exact nature of the ordnance used, defense analysts believe the strikes likely involved the <strong>30,000-pound GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator<\/strong>, a weapon designed specifically to destroy deeply buried targets and one that only the U.S. Air Force is equipped to deliver via its B-2 bomber fleet.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. airstrikes mark the first known instance of direct American military action against Iranian nuclear sites in coordination with Israeli forces. Over the past week, Israel has launched a sustained campaign against Iranian military infrastructure, reportedly targeting air defense systems, missile stockpiles, and suspected enrichment operations.<\/p>\n<p>According to senior Israeli and U.S. officials, Israel\u2019s efforts had weakened many of Iran\u2019s conventional defenses but lacked the capability to eliminate its most fortified nuclear assets. That gap, they said, necessitated American involvement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe B-2 bombers and the weapons they carry remain the only operational option for targeting facilities buried beneath hundreds of feet of reinforced concrete and rock,\u201d one Western intelligence official said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Joins Israeli Strikes on Iran, Targets Key Nuclear Facilities in Escalating Conflict.\u00a0 &nbsp; Tehran: &nbsp; In a dramatic escalation of tensions in the Middle [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" data-url=https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/?p=5125><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-himachal-news","category-latest-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.9.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>U.S. Joins Israeli Strikes on Iran, Targets Key Nuclear Facilities in Escalating Conflict. - The Eagle News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/?p=5125\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"U.S. Joins Israeli Strikes on Iran, Targets Key Nuclear Facilities in Escalating Conflict. - The Eagle News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"U.S. Joins Israeli Strikes on Iran, Targets Key Nuclear Facilities in Escalating Conflict.\u00a0 &nbsp; 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