DONALD Trump has blitzed Iran’s nuclear bases to stop the Ayatollah’s doomsday project in a complex operation from air and sea.
The president has declared the strike a the mad mullahs’ atomic program.
To do that, Trump used some of the US military’s most advanced weapons.
Twelve 30,000lb bunker busting bombs – officially called the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) – were used to hit the most difficult target, Trump told Fox News.
They were dropped from B-2 bombers flying high in the atmosphere for 37 hours all the way from Missouri, the New York Times reported.
The lethal bombers even refuelled several times in the air so they didn’t have to land.
B-2 bombers were the only weapon which could do the job – because the Ayatollah’s prized is 300ft deep underground and encased in steel.
Israel has been unable to destroy the site by itself – with Trump declaring on Saturday that only America could destroy it from above.
Now, Trump claims he has done so – with twelve bunker busters able to bury deep through the rock and hit the base.
The missiles – 20ft long and carrying a 5,000lb warhead – were dropped by the B-2s, hit the earth, and buried themselves deep into the rock before they exploded.
Iran claims that it knew the attack was coming and evacuated anything of value from the base.
But two other of Iran’s nuclear facilities were also hit – Natanz and Isfahan.
They were blitzed by 30 Tomahawk missiles fired from submarines 400miles away.
Tomahawk missiles are a long-range weapon which can be fired from land or sea and can travel at least 1,000miles.
The US keeps a naval base across the Persian Gulf from Iran in Bahrain.
The complex at Natanz holds Iran’s largest uranium enrichment plant – crucial for getting the material to weapons grade.
One B-2 also dropped two bunker busters on Natanz, according to the New York Times.
Isfahan is thought to hold a repository of near bomb-grade nuclear material.
Both Natanz and Isfahan had previously been hit by Israel.
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, previously said Iran’s biggest atomic plant at Natanz was knocked out by the first waves of the Israeli offensive.
Mr Grossi said: “The above-ground part of the pilot fuel enrichment plant, whereIranwas producing uranium enriched up to 60% U-235, has been destroyed”;.
Uranium-235 is essential both fornuclear powerstations and also fornuclear weapons.
Posting on Truth Social, PresidentDonald Trumpannounced that US bombers targeted Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan enrichment sites.
The bombings come just two days after Trump said he would decide “within two weeks”; whether to join key allyIsraelin attacking Iran.
In a nationally televised speech at theWhite House, Trump said: “Tonight I can report to the world that thestrikeswere a spectacular military success. Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated.
“Iran, the bully of the Middle East, must now make peace. If they do not,futureattacks will be far greater and a lot easier.
“There will be either peace or there will be tragedy for Iran far greater than we have witnessed over the last eight days.”;
