The conflict escalated tenfold on June 22, when the United States initiated Operation Midnight Hammer, a stealth campaign using seven B-2 bombers and over 30 Tomahawk missiles launched from U.S. submarines. Supported by aerial tankers, the B-2s penetrated deep into Iranian airspace and dropped twelve GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators, the only munitions capable of penetrating the fortified mountain shell of Fordow. The goal: decapitate Iran’s underground enrichment capacity, something Israel’s F-35s could not achieve alone.

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