The United States deliberately limited the scope of its military operation on Iranian nuclear sites, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Sunday, adding that Tehran has received direct messages about the strike.
“We conducted a precision strike in the middle of the night against three nuclear facilities in Iran, Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan,” Hegseth said, adding that the US “devastated the Iranian nuclear program, but it’s worth noting the operation did not target Iranian troops or the Iranian people.”
“This mission was not, and has not, been about regime change.”
Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine also described the operation’s execution: bombers departed from the US, with some flying west into the Pacific as a decoy.
Approximately 75 "precision guided weapons" were dropped, including 14 “Massive Ordnance Penetrators,” also known as bunker busters.
Hegseth said no shots were fired at US forces and that the bombers are returning home.
