Iran

Sun 22 Jun 2025 2:10 am in Iran US bombed Iran. US credibility has been damaged both as a country and as a particpant in any international negotiations.

the United States Air Force and Navy attacked three Iranian nuclear sites: Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, in an operation called "Midnight Hammer". Seven B-2 bombers of the 509th Bomb Wing departed Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, with each carrying two GBU-57A/B MOP bombs.

it appears Iran moved nuclear material before the attack. Trump couldn't bust a bunker with a bunker buster.

tactically it was a success; the strike package was delivered. the consequences of the attack are uncertain. Iran is thinking about what they will do. Our goal should be to get the Iranians to agree to a more restrictive nuclear accord. We will see what are the third-order consequences are.

we still don't know where Iran's stores of enriched uranium are and how quickly its leaders could reconstitute a nuclear program, should they choose to.

China's Foreign Ministry has criticized the US attack on Iran as a serious violation of the United Nations Charter

The Israel-Iran war escalated rapidly following the United States' bombing of Iranian nuclear sites over the weekend, a move China framed as a blow to America's global reputation.

China is likely to earn more diplomatic goodwill in the wake of the US military attack on Iran's nuclear sites.

China has long portrayed the US as a destabilizing force, while framing itself as a responsible advocate for peace and stability.

$3.5 billion US military ordnance

bunker buster is a term to describe bombs that are designed to penetrate deep below the surface before exploding. The US used 7 B-2 bombers to deliver 14 bunker busters. The massive ordnance penetrator (MOP) is a $500 million, 30,000 pound bomb.