During this morning’s press conference at the Pentagon, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine, stated that two MIM-104 “Patriot” Surface-to-Air Missile Batteries manned by 44 U.S. Army Soldiers defended Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar during Monday’s ballistic missile attack against the base by Iran, with assistance from the Qatar Armed Forces. Adding that it is believed to have been the largest Patriot engagement in history.
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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine, shows a test demonstration of the GBU-57A/B MOP (Massive Ordnance Penetrator) 30,000lb “Bunker Buster” Bomb during today’s press conference at the Pentagon.
Gen. Caine stated that 15 years went into working on the bombing plan for the Fordow Nuclear Facility in Iran, adding that PhDs working on classified GBU-57 “Bunker Bursting” Bomb Program were the “biggest users of supercomputers” in the United States. Before concluding with a statement clarifying that the GBU-57s dropped from B-2s on Fordow “functioned as designed” by the U.S. Air Force.
Gen. Caine stated that 15 years went into working on the bombing plan for the Fordow Nuclear Facility in Iran, adding that PhDs working on classified GBU-57 “Bunker Bursting” Bomb Program were the “biggest users of supercomputers” in the United States. Before concluding with a statement clarifying that the GBU-57s dropped from B-2s on Fordow “functioned as designed” by the U.S. Air Force.
Following this morning’s press conference at the Pentagon by U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine, regarding this past weekend’s strikes against nuclear facilities in Iran; President Trump made a series of posts on Truth Social, stating that it was, “One of the greatest, most professional, and most “confirming” News Conferences I have ever seen!” Adding that the “Fake News” should fire everyone involved in recent reports about the effectiveness of the strikes against the Iranian nuclear sites, calling it a “Witch Hunt.”
After the initial post, President Trump made a second one regarding claims that highly-enriched uranium was removed from Fordow prior to the strikes, stating, “The cars and small trucks at the site were those of concrete workers trying to cover up the top of the shafts. Nothing was taken out of facility. Would take too long, too dangerous, and very heavy and hard to move!” With him likely referencing satellite imagery showing over a dozen trucks arriving at the facility roughly two days before the strikes against it by the U.S. Air Force.
After the initial post, President Trump made a second one regarding claims that highly-enriched uranium was removed from Fordow prior to the strikes, stating, “The cars and small trucks at the site were those of concrete workers trying to cover up the top of the shafts. Nothing was taken out of facility. Would take too long, too dangerous, and very heavy and hard to move!” With him likely referencing satellite imagery showing over a dozen trucks arriving at the facility roughly two days before the strikes against it by the U.S. Air Force.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly expressed willingness to visit the White House in the coming weeks, in order to celebrate last weekend’s strikes against the Iranian nuclear program by the United States as well as Israel’s “victory” over Iran, alongside U.S. President Donald J. Trump.
The Trump Administration is reportedly discussing the possibility of providing Iran access to as much as $30 Billion to build a civilian-energy-producing nuclear program, as well as through easing sanctions and freeing up billions of dollars in restricted Iranian funds, as part of a plan to deescalate tensions with Iran and bring them back to the negotiating table for a future nuclear deal with the United States. Some details were hashed out in a secret, hours-long meeting between U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and several Gulf Nations at the White House last Friday, the day before U.S. military strikes against Iran, two sources familiar with the meeting told CNN.
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Asked earlier about how the United States could be so sure there was not any highly-enriched uranium removed from any of Iran’s nuclear sites prior to Saturday’s strikes by the U.S. Air Force and Navy, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said there was “no indication to the United States that any of that enriched uranium was moved prior to the strike,” additionally calling the operation, “one of the most secretive and successful in the history of the United States.”
Reports over the last few hours of a possible drone strike tonight against an apartment inside a high-rise skyscraper in the Farmanieh District of the Iranian capital of Tehran, with rumors that several senior officials with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and/or nuclear scientists were targeted. So far, no one has claimed responsibility, though panic is already spreading throughout Iranian channels on Telegram, about Mossad and Israeli Special Forces still being on the ground in Iran.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced today in a statement that he has instructed the Israel Defense Force to prepare an enforcement plan against Iran following the end of “Operation Rising Lion” that includes: maintaining Israel’s air superiority over Iran, preventing nuclear advancement and missile production, and responding to any Iranian supported terror activity against Israel. Katz added, “I suggest the defanged head of the snake in Tehran, understand and beware: Operation Rising Lion was only the preview of a new Israeli policy, after October 7, immunity is over for Iran.”
New footage and images released by the Israel Defense Force shows F-16C/I “Sufa” Fighter Jets, equipped with external-fuel tanks and armed with GBU-32 1,000lb Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMs) and AIM-9 “Sidewinder” Air-to-Air Missiles, launching from airbases in Israel for strikes against Iran during “Operation Rising Lion.”
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Reports earlier of air-defense activity and explosions over Eslamshahr to the southwest of the Iranian capital of Tehran, close to the location of several facilities and bases operated by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). No official statement has been made regarding the incident, though Iranian channels claim that several unknown aircraft, possibly Israeli drones and/or fighters, were spotted earlier over Eslamshahr, Malard, and other cities to the west of Tehran.
Hey everyone, I would just like to apologize to you all for not being very active the last few days or so. I have been taking a bit of a break since the “end” of the war between Israel and Iran, and I am also in the process of moving my home across the country, but I should be back to my regular schedule of posting by next Monday. Thank you all for the support as well as the nice comments and messages I have received over the last few weeks, all of the appreciation you show is what keeps me going! -OSINTdefender