B-2 bombers, Tomahawk missiles used in US airstrikes on Iran: report

The US media has released a report on the US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, revealing that B-2 stealth bombers (also known as bunker buster bombs) and over 30 Tomahawk cruise missiles were used by the United States in the airstrikes against Iran.

Earlier on Sunday, US President Donald Trump told Fox News that US forces struck Iran’s three principal nuclear sites: Natanz, Isfahan and Fordo with six bunker-buster bombs.

US President Donald Trump has said that he has successfully attacked three nuclear sites in Iran, attacking the Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear sites, adding that now Iran will have to agree to a ceasefire. However, so far Iran has not issued any statement signaling agreement for a ceasefire.

US media releases details of Iranian nuclear facilities Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan.

The Fordow plant is located inside the mountains near the city of Qom, located 295 feet underground, CNN report said. According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Fordow has 2,700 centrifuges. The Fordow plant was enriching 60 percent uranium, CNN claims.

Natanz is located about 250 kilometers south of Tehran, and is Iran’s largest uranium enrichment plant. Centrifuges here are also manufactured in Fordow that enrich uranium. The Natanz nuclear site has six buildings above ground and three below ground. Two underground buildings are so large that they can accommodate 50,000 centrifuges. According to the IAEA, Iran was enriching uranium up to 60 per cent here.

The Isfahan nuclear facility is located in the central region of Iran. This facility was built in 1984 with the help of China, US media said, adding that Isfahan has Iran’s largest nuclear research complex. The report also said that 3,000 scientists work at the Isfahan nuclear facility.

There are three Chinese reactors, a fuel plant, a zirconium plant and several laboratories in Isfahan, the report added.

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