US-Israeli strikes destroy gear critical to producing nuclear weapons - NYT

Israeli and American airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facility in Isfahan destroyed equipment critical to the production of nuclear weapons, The New York Times reported.

The targeted equipment is used in a process known as metallization, which converts enriched uranium gas into metal, one of the final steps in producing the explosive core of a nuclear bomb, the report said.

According to analysts quoted by The New York Times, the strikes on the metallization infrastructure have deprived the Islamic Republic of the ability to assemble a nuclear weapon in the near future.