Nuclear site strike
22 Jun 2025 · 02:10 local · Day 10 of 12B-2 bombers drop GBU-57 MOP bunker-busters on Fordow
United StatesFordow underground uranium enrichment plantConfirmed
The lead B-2 dropped the first two 30,000-pound GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators on Fordow at approximately 2:10 a.m. Iran time (6:40 p.m. ET). Reporting indicates 12 of the operation's 14 MOPs struck Fordow's deeply buried enrichment halls, aimed at the two main ventilation shafts, first to breach the concrete covers and then to penetrate the facility. It was the first operational combat use of the GBU-57 MOP.
Reported casualties
No casualty figures released for Fordow; Iran reported no off-site radiation increase.
Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant, Iran (34.885, 50.996)
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