The International Atomic Energy Agency and its Director General Rafael Grossi had previously said the centrifuges at the underground enrichment plant at Natanz may have been damaged as a result of an airstrike on its power supply, even though the hall housing the plant itself did not seem to have been hit. The U.S. has bunker buster bombs that could potentially do the job, and that is one of the main reasons why the Israelis want the U.S. to join the operation… Israel does have such bombs but their numbers are a closely guarded secret, and few analysts believe the country has enough on its own to do the job.” Israel’s forces “don’t have enough 5,000-pounders” to take out Fordow and Natanz, retired US Air Force General Charles Wald, who now works for the Jewish Institute for the National Security of America, had said in April.
Author: Michael
Published at: 2025-06-16 21:34:16
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