6 ‘Bunker Buster’ bombs, 30 Tomahawk missiles: How US struck Iran’s key nuclear sites; details

On Thursday, President Donald Trump had warned Iran that it had a fortnight to consider its next steps. By early Sunday morning, he had authorised a series of precision airstrikes on three of Iran’s most fortified nuclear facilities, Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, pushing the United States into direct military conflict with Tehran for the first time in over four decades. The strikes were kept so tightly under wraps that even as B-2 stealth bombers dropped 30,000-pound bunker busters on Iranian soil, cable news broadcasts were still reporting that Trump was “weighing his options.” Hours earlier, he had quietly returned to the White House from New Jersey for what was described as a high-level national security briefing. Then, without warning, he posted the news himself: “We have completed our very successful attack… All planes are safely on their way home.” With that, Trump not only made history but also sent shockwaves through a region already teetering on the edge.