The United States has announced the completion of a fresh wave of military strikes against Iran, targeting missile sites, drone facilities, naval assets, and coastal defense systems near the Strait of Hormuz. According to CENTCOM, fighter jets, drones, and naval vessels carried out precision attacks during a seven-hour operation aimed at reducing Iran's ability to threaten commercial shipping. Meanwhile, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claims it has retaliated by striking facilities linked to the U.S. Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, as tensions across the Gulf continue to escalate.

US Launches fresh airstrikes on iran as irgc targets u.s. Fifth fleet in bahrain  

China had given nuclear technology transfers to Iran as recently as 2000s. Note that this was around the time that the Amad Project, the alleged secretive nuclear weapons programme of Iran, was exposed and officially halted. 

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An attack on Bushehr would have resulted in a Chernobyl-like nuclear disaster. But more significant could be the presence of Russians 

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei’s adviser Ali Shamkhani, reacting to the US strikes, said ‘surprises will continue’. While Donald Trump in his address said, ‘key nuclear facilities have been completed and totally obliterated’, Shamkhani responds with, ‘game isn’t over’. 

'Game isn’t over': Khamenei's adviser Shamkhani says after US strikes Iran nuclear sites

Craters are visible at the Fordow site, Iran’s most critical nuclear site, Grossi said. “At this time, no one, including the IAEA, is in a position to assess the underground damage at Fordow. But the damage is consistent with the statements of the US about its attack on the site,” he said.

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Slamming Iran for not being sincere during the talks, Rubio said Tehran was trying to play its old games. “They thought they could do with President Trump what they’ve done with presidents in the past and get away with it — and they found out last night that they can’t,” Rubio added.

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Iran’s government, meanwhile, has said that there is no immediate danger to the public after the United States struck three of its nuclear sites. “There is no danger to the people living on the outskirts of our nuclear areas,” spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani said on state television.

Iran says ‘they‘ can destroy facilities, but cannot destroy ‘our nuclear know-how’

To handle nature’s calls during these extended missions, B-2 pilots wear absorbent undergarments — the same type used by astronauts on space missions. They are officially called “Pilot Relief Bags” but are commonly referred to as “astronaut diapers.”

Why do B-2 Bomber pilots sometimes wear astronaut diapers?

The US military used B-2 bombers to make a precise attack on Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan nuclear facilities of Iran. It is one of the most advanced strategic weapons platforms, which has the capability of entering sophisticated air defences.

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US Launches fresh airstrikes on iran as irgc targets u.s. Fifth fleet in bahrain

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