These are the weapons the US launched against Iran
Pentagon details operation "midnight hammer"
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force General Dan Caine held a briefing at the Pentagon outlining the United States attack on Iran's Nuclear weapons sites.
The United States bombed three of Iran’s nuclear sites overnight, inserting itself into Israel’s war against the Islamic Republic.
The U.S. attacks came after a week of open conflict between Israel and Iran, sparked by Israel’s sudden barrage of attacks against Iran’s nuclear and military structure.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asserted that the sites were "completely and fully obliterated," and warned there would be additional strikes if Iran retaliates.
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation from the White House on June 21, 2025 in Washington, D.C. President Trump addressed the three Iranian nuclear facilities that were struck by the U.S. military early Sunday. (Photo by Carlo
In response, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that the U.S. strikes have blown up any possibility of diplomacy with the Americans or Europeans.
What weapons did the US use against Iran?
U.S. and Israeli officials confirmed that American stealth bombers and a 30,000-pound bunker buster bomb they alone can carry offered the best chance of destroying heavily fortified sites connected to the Iranian nuclear program buried deep underground.
What they're saying:
In a joint press conference with Hegseth Sunday, Gen. Dan Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said just before the "strike package" entered Iran, "more than two dozen Tomahawk land attack cruise missiles" were launched against "key surface infrastructure targets."
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"In total, U.S. forces employed approximately 75 precision-guided weapons during this operation," Caine continued. "This included, as the president stated last night, 14, 30,000 pound GBU 57 massive Ordnance penetrators, marking the first ever operational use of this weapon. I know that battle damage is of great interest. Final battle damage will take some time, but initial battle damage assessments indicate that all three sites sustained extremely severe damage and destruction.
BREAKING: B2 bombers drop 'bunker buster bombs'
The United States, under direction from President Trump, has dropped massive "bunker buster" bombs from multiple B2 stealth bombers in the Iran region, targeting their nuclear facility sites.
"More than 125 U.S. aircraft participated in this mission, including B-2 stealth bombers, multiple flights of fourth- and fifth-generation fighters, dozens and dozens of air refueling tankers, a guided missile submarine, and a full array of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance aircraft, as well as hundreds of maintenance and operational professionals. As the secretary said, this was the largest B-2 operational strike in U.S. history and the second longest B-2 mission ever flown, exceeded only by those in the days following 9/11."
US-Iran latest
What's next:
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Sunday condemned the U.S. attacks on three Iranian nuclear sites. Trump, meanwhile, has warned that retaliation by Iran will result in more U.S. strikes.
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"This aggression showed that the United States is the primary instigator of the Zionist regime’s hostile actions against the Islamic Republic of Iran," Pezeshkian said Sunday. "Although they initially tried to deny their role, after our armed forces’ decisive and deterrent response and the Zionist regime’s clear incapacity, they were inevitably forced to enter the field themselves."
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The Source: This report includes information from Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump, The Associated Press and previous LiveNow from FOX reporting.