What we don’t know about the images showing the preparation and departure of the B-2s is whether we are looking at aircraft involved in the strike, or those which flew west towards the Pacific in order to create a deception that protected the actual operation. After the completion of the strikes, which hit the Fordow and Natanz facilities (Isfahan was targeted by Tomahawk missiles launched by a U.S. submarine), the strike package B-2s returned along the same route they used on the inbound leg. Even after the long flight to the target area, the B-2 was requested to remain on station over the country for two hours using the aircraft’s built in synthetic aperture radar to map the landscape and more precisely deliver twelve JDAM-equipped bombs.
Author: Kai Greet
Published at: 2025-06-23 22:11:01
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