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B-2s drop 14 bunker busters on Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan; USS Georgia fires Tomahawks in coordinated 30-minute strike

The IAEA chief says almost all sensitive equipment at Fordow is destroyed, though the Pentagon puts the setback to Iran's nuclear program at one to two years.

Iran had spent years hardening its nuclear program against exactly this kind of attack — burying centrifuge halls 80 to 90 meters underground, pouring concrete over ventilation shafts, and dispersing enriched material before any strike could land. On June 22, 2025, the U.S. military launched Operation Midnight Hammer: B-2 Spirit stealth bombers dropped fourteen GBU-57A/B "bunker buster" bombs on facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, while the submarine USS Georgia fired Tomahawk missiles in a coordinated 30-minute operation involving 125 aircraft and roughly 4,000 personnel. IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi assessed that "almost all sensitive equipment" at Fordow had been destroyed, though the Pentagon estimated Iran's nuclear program had been set back only one to two years…

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