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Ryuu96 said:

Yeah and Iran has said they've already emptied the facilities anyway, now Iran could be lying but it would have made sense to empty the facilities when America has been talking about attacking these facilities for weeks now. So what has been achieved? I agree that if you were to make an attack like this (and to be clear, I'm completely against this) but if you were to do it, then actually destroy the nuclear materials, otherwise, what was the point? You've done nothing except a PR strike and only pushed Iran further away from ever de-arming nuclear.

But maybe that was the point and they just want an excuse to raze Iran to the ground. Iran could end up having more restraint than America if the damage isn't that significant. Seems like Iran is for now just focused on Israel (new bombings last night) but they're likely assessing the damage. We'll have to wait and see if Iran actually attacks US military bases. But I could see an increase in terrorist attacks either way, no matter if Iran directly retaliates or not. It also shows negotiations with America are pointless and pushes even more countries to nukes.

Looks like they were telling the truth

Satellite images show unusual activity at Fordow days before US attack

High-quality satellite images taken on June 19 and June 20 show unusual activity involving trucks and vehicles near the entrance to the underground fuel enrichment facility at Fordow.

The images captured by Maxar show a group of 16 cargo trucks positioned along the access road leading to the tunnel entrance of the facility. The majority of these trucks were later relocated roughly 1km (0.6 miles) northwest of the road leading to the facility.

The visuals also depict additional trucks and several bulldozers near the site’s main entrance, including one truck positioned directly adjacent to the primary tunnel entrance.


A satellite image shows trucks positioned near the entrance of the Fordow fuel enrichment facility on June 19


A satellite image shows trucks and bulldozers near the entrance to the facility on June 20

Where the bombs hit


Fordow nuclear facility after the US strikes| Planet Labs PBC, verified by Sanad

 

The US must have had this intelligence as well, pointless strike, did it anyway.

Admission of premeditation and deliberately sabotaging negotiations:

Hegseth says US attacks took ‘months’ of planning, involved ‘misdirection’


The secretary of defense says the US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites were an “incredible and overwhelming success”, without providing any details.

“The order we received from our commander-in-chief [Trump] was focused; it was powerful and it was clear. We devastated the Iranian nuclear programme,” he told reporters at the Pentagon.

“This is a plan that took months and weeks of positioning and preparation, so that we could be ready when the president of the United States called,” he told reporters.

“It took a great deal of precision. It involved misdirection.”