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2025-06-22 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Trump says US has bombed Fordo nuclear plant in attack on Iran UPDATE: Trump bombs 3 nuke sites

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Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2025-06-22 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [838 views ] Top
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#1 I wonder what were the targets of the 35 missile's launched by US subs?

Posted by 3dc 2025-06-22 00:13|| 2025-06-22 00:13|| Front Page Top

#2 Apparently the six B-2s heading west to Guam were a feint. Three or four others that were untracked delivered the strike (there on Fordow, some are saying another on Natanz). Sub launched cruise missiles apparently went to Natanz and Esfahan.

Posted by Nero 2025-06-22 00:23|| 2025-06-22 00:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Diego Garcia had some B-2s a while back...

Posted by Bobby 2025-06-22 00:40|| 2025-06-22 00:40|| Front Page Top

#4 Thank God our aircrews got back safe.

Posted by Matt 2025-06-22 00:54|| 2025-06-22 00:54|| Front Page Top

#5 Whew! One existential situation dealt with. Now Israel needs only worry about more ballistic missiles and drones, while the rest of the world needs only worry about Hezbollah sleeper cells and IRGC networks that entered the country any time after 9/11 or thereabouts.

Posted by trailing wife 2025-06-22 01:16|| 2025-06-22 01:16|| Front Page Top

#6 Six MOPs. I figured we'd use 10 or so but that was based on the original version. Glad it's done.

Good job Air Force.

Posted by Silentbrick 2025-06-22 01:26|| 2025-06-22 01:26|| Front Page Top

#7 Just be happy he didn't nuke three bomb sites.

Posted by badanov 2025-06-22 02:34|| 2025-06-22 02:34|| Front Page Top

#8 Iran asks for emergency meeting of U.N. Security Council over U.S. strikes

United Nations condemns U.S. strikes on Iran

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-06-22 02:40|| 2025-06-22 02:40|| Front Page Top

#9 I don't get where this belief Trump wanted to nuke them is coming from. There's no need or reason to use Nukes for this. Airspace was already dominated, AA virtually non existent so there's no pressure for nuke use.

The only way I see Trump nuking someone is they nuke us first or some kind of massive attack with super high death toll.

Posted by Silentbrick 2025-06-22 02:40|| 2025-06-22 02:40|| Front Page Top

#10 ^But they want nukes soooo much!

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-06-22 02:43|| 2025-06-22 02:43|| Front Page Top

#11 Iran asks for emergency meeting of U.N. Security Council over U.S. strikes

Imagine America did not just veto the UNSC meeting, how does Iran think it would go? They would take a vote, and because of course the majority would agree with Iran, the American veto would somehow not work?

Posted by trailing wife 2025-06-22 03:18|| 2025-06-22 03:18|| Front Page Top

#12 If the MM could reason, they wouldn't be doing that they're doing.

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-06-22 03:28|| 2025-06-22 03:28|| Front Page Top

#13 Trump Does Nation-Building (Often This Has a Negative Connation) in a Maga Sort of Way

FoxNews will be covering this story throughout the night, and for several days.

Skidmark says at 9pm that B-2 stealth bombers move toward Guam, comment #2 from this same article.

This is part of an elaborate deception scheme by the Administration, one of many, before and after this story leaked to the press. Incidently, someone mentions, it would take 30 hours to fly from Guam to the strike zone, with tankers.

“Isreal Braces for Iranian Retaliation” – someone mentions, but that doesn’t seem likely at this point.

FoxNews has lots of guest experts on with the talent. Rabbi Chaim Mentz was on at 11:12 pm MT. He generally shows up in a panel of three experts in Judiasm, Isreal and world politcs and events. They’re together in LA with the talent.
Rabbi: It’s a great thing for the entire planet. Religious political leaders either want to save their county or get to heaven, “Every Jew I kill gets me to a safer place in heaven.”
Shiela Nazarian: It’s a Hail Mary.
Rabbi: Regime Change. In getting to heaven, they’re not playing with the same deck of cards, i.e., the core values that Americans have.

Posted by Fairbanks 2025-06-22 03:30|| 2025-06-22 03:30|| Front Page Top

#14 “Isreal Braces for Iranian Retaliation” – someone mentions, but that doesn’t seem likely at this point.

There was a hit in Ramat Aviv: two buildings completely (except for bomb shelters) destroyed. The building where my son (he's in army now) inherited an apartment from his late mother been damaged (the renters: young couple with 2 year old girl are OK. Thank G*d.).

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-06-22 03:38|| 2025-06-22 03:38|| Front Page Top

#15 What will Iran's 5th column be bringing to the USA in the coming days, weeks, and months?

How soon, before amazingly well funded Liberal Socialists and Democrats (aka Anti-USA mindless minion protestors), move to waving Iranian flags instead of Hamas or Mexican flags?

Posted by NN2N1 2025-06-22 04:57|| 2025-06-22 04:57|| Front Page Top

#16 JFEED UPDATES

Posted by NN2N1 2025-06-22 05:26|| 2025-06-22 05:26|| Front Page Top

#17 I'll wait 48 hours to see if there is a reliable battle damage assessment report before commenting.

Posted by Clem+Elmish4239 2025-06-22 05:51|| 2025-06-22 05:51|| Front Page Top

#18 Already, leaks of the Iranian Guard having moved the centrifuges prior to the attacks.

Posted by NN2N1 2025-06-22 06:03|| 2025-06-22 06:03|| Front Page Top

#19 Another scenario heard, Bombers left Missouri, contacted LA ATC to appear to be heading west, turned off transponders and turned around and headed east. Who in the public would know (they ARE stealth DYK)? Even FlightRadar's app would have a problem.

LA to Fordow would have been a ~20-hour flight at 560mph (roughly 8,000 flight miles).

Posted by Mullah Richard 2025-06-22 06:18|| 2025-06-22 06:18|| Front Page Top

#20 Also heard that yesterday the US alerted Iran that this WAS going to happen (for humanitarian reasons supposedly, and NOT to watch as to who and what scrambled where).

Already, leaks of the Iranian Guard having moved the centrifuges prior to the attacks.

That would be a lot of disconnecting and packing in a VERY short period of time. Bekins Van Lines would not have been much help.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2025-06-22 06:23|| 2025-06-22 06:23|| Front Page Top

#21
#21 Also heard that yesterday the US alerted Iran that this WAS going to happen (for humanitarian reasons supposedly, and NOT to watch as to who and what scrambled where).

Already, leaks of the Iranian Guard having moved the centrifuges prior to the attacks.

That would be a lot of disconnecting and packing in a VERY short period of time. Bekins Van Lines would not have been much help.
Posted by: Mullah Richard 2025-06-22 06:23

Keep in mind too, that those things are not something you push up on the dolly and wheel into the truck - they're precision machines that have to be handled with extreme delicacy.

Not likely a bunch of panicked guys looking over their shoulders for the IAF were doing it by the book.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2025-06-22 06:59|| 2025-06-22 06:59|| Front Page Top

#22 ^Given how their minds work, they'd assumed that is Mossad desinfo to get them to take centrifuges from the bunker.

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-06-22 07:02|| 2025-06-22 07:02|| Front Page Top

#23 I'd say the pucker factor is way up in Moscow, Beijing, and other assorted capitals this morning. His words carry far more clout than before. He's now in their decision-action loop inducing unpredictability.

Posted by Procopius2k 2025-06-22 07:16|| 2025-06-22 07:16|| Front Page Top

#24 /\ In light of what's taking place in Ukraine, it will be interesting to see how Vlad reacts. Will also be interesting to see how our feckless Euro 'friends' respond.

Posted by Besoeker 2025-06-22 07:20|| 2025-06-22 07:20|| Front Page Top

#25 Amazing.
Israel is able to overrule even Trump. Tulsi lied to the whole world when she said Iran was nowhere near a bomb. This is worse than the Iraq lies that led us to war.

Posted by Elmomoter Mussolini9149 2025-06-22 07:28|| 2025-06-22 07:28|| Front Page Top

#26 We been at war with Iran since 1979. It's been low to mid level with Iranian operations conducted against us in Iraq.

Posted by Procopius2k 2025-06-22 07:30|| 2025-06-22 07:30|| Front Page Top

#27 People will expect that Trump has ditched plans for negotiations. In reality, this will be part of Trump’s negotiation strategy. It’s step one. The Iranian strategy was to filibuster until they had detonated a nuke. I don’t think that strategy is workable short of buying one. Trump’s 2 weeks still is in effect. I don’t think he wants a failed state like Libya or even Mexico after the Mexican-American War. He will seek to negotiate for an outcome that is stable.

Posted by Super Hose 2025-06-22 07:38|| 2025-06-22 07:38|| Front Page Top

#28 #26 Amazing.
Israel is able to overrule even Trump

There's dumb, and there's EMussolini9149 dumb

Posted by Frank G 2025-06-22 07:42|| 2025-06-22 07:42|| Front Page Top

#29 - #26 Amazing.
Israel is able to overrule even Trump

Unlikely.

Posted by Besoeker 2025-06-22 08:09|| 2025-06-22 08:09|| Front Page Top

#30 A couple of interesting things from NN2N1’s Jfeed:

UPDATE: US Conducts Largest B-2 Bomber Deployment Ever, Strikes Iran’s Nuclear Sites With Over 125 Aircraft
US Air Force General Dan Caine confirmed that Sunday’s airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities marked the largest operational deployment of B-2 bombers in US history. The mission involved more than 125 military aircraft targeting Iran’s key sites in Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. Approximately 75 precision-guided weapons, including 14 Massive Ordnance Penetrators (MOPs), were employed. Initial assessments show extreme damage and widespread destruction at all three facilities. The strikes began around 2:10 a.m. local time and concluded with Tomahawk cruise missile launches from US naval forces. The US maintained complete surprise, with Iran’s air defenses unable to detect the operation.

US Air Force General Dan Caine: Hundreds Of Assets Remain Airborne Over Iran
American Air Force General Dan Caine stated that numerous military assets remain airborne, with hundreds currently deployed as part of ongoing operations targeting Iran. The sustained aerial presence underscores continued military readiness and strategic pressure in the region. The US is not done yet

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth: Plan To Attack Iran’s Nuclear Sites Took Months To Prepare
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stated that the operation targeting Iran’s nuclear facilities was months in the making. The preparation involved extensive planning and coordination to ensure the strikes’ effectiveness. Reports say training commenced a year ago under Biden.

Posted by trailing wife 2025-06-22 08:42|| 2025-06-22 08:42|| Front Page Top

#31 Not a peep from the Biden Politburo all that time. I have to revise my opinion of them, both for the conception and their part of the execution.

Posted by trailing wife 2025-06-22 08:50|| 2025-06-22 08:50|| Front Page Top

#32 From Clarice Feldman:

@MarinaMedvin

CNN reports that top Democrats on intelligence committees were not briefed on the strikes, while Republicans were. So that explains why there were no leaks.

Posted by badanov 2025-06-22 08:52|| 2025-06-22 08:52|| Front Page Top

#33 Some of the leaking is the Dems; there are also several Republicans surely that should not be briefed on sensitive stuff. Ultimately, the leaks come from staffers. They are unseen like kabuki. You would have a tough time convincing me that Nancy Pelosi is making brilliant stock trades in her doused and senile condition. She likely has delegated communication to her broken to someone. Her staffers are likely unusually rich. Congress needs to be briefed on these types of things, but using the military as little as possible is advisable.

Posted by Super Hose 2025-06-22 09:18|| 2025-06-22 09:18|| Front Page Top

#34 Trump Does Nation-Building (Often This Has a Negative Connation) in a Maga Sort of Way

Fairbanks dear, heartfelt thanks for summarizing the Fox News discussions. I wasn’t sure if you saw my enthusiastic response last night.

Posted by trailing wife 2025-06-22 10:00|| 2025-06-22 10:00|| Front Page Top

#35 Grom, how bad was the Iranian missile counterattack after the Fordow bombing? I have seen some reports that it was quite widespread and effective.

Posted by Glenmore 2025-06-22 10:12|| 2025-06-22 10:12|| Front Page Top

#36 NY Post: Photos of damage inflicted by B2s

Posted by Glurong Choth2372 2025-06-22 10:29|| 2025-06-22 10:29|| Front Page Top

#37 #35 Nobody killed. For my personal see #14.

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-06-22 12:01|| 2025-06-22 12:01|| Front Page Top

#38 What will Iran's 5th column be bringing to the USA in the coming days, weeks, and months?

Higher risk in Blue "Gun Free Zone" cities, you know the places the unvetted illegals congregate and favored by certain federal district judges. I have conflicted feelings.

Posted by Procopius2k 2025-06-22 12:12|| 2025-06-22 12:12|| Front Page Top

#39 Life goes on: Suicide bomber detonates inside Damascus church

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-06-22 12:18|| 2025-06-22 12:18|| Front Page Top

#40 As of 2020, based on the US Census 2021 estimater:

Top U.S. Cities by Iranian population
Iranian Americans are mostly found in large cities of California, namely Greater Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, San Diego, Sacramento, and Fresno. In Los Angeles, Iranians were concentrated in Tarzana, West Hills, Hidden Hills, Woodland Hills, Beverly Hills, Calabasas, Brentwood, and Rancho Palos Verdes. Other large communities include New York/ New Jersey, which has 9.1% of the U.S.’s Iranian population, followed by Washington, D.C./Maryland/Virginia (8.3%) and Texas (6.7%).

Los Angeles metro area with 123,610 people of Iranian ancestry, has the largest population of Iranian Americans. It’s followed by Los Angeles (32,813) and the Miami metro area (31,662).

Top Metro Areas by Population
# Metro Area Population
1 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 123,610
2 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 32,813
3 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 31,662
4 San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA 28,113
5 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX 22,880
6 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 20,232
7 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA 19,151
8 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 17,022
9 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 13,825
10 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA 10,713
11 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI 10,065
12 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA 9,953
13 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH 8,494
14 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ 6,698
15 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 6,338
16 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 6,231
17 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 5,064
18 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 4,993
19 Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV 4,844
20 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 3,384

Posted by trailing wife 2025-06-22 12:25|| 2025-06-22 12:25|| Front Page Top

#41 "Well Arash, we moved the centrifuges out, but I'm afraid we left their controllers."

"Don't worry Bahram, we have some older Siemens controller units we can use. They haven't been used for years, but they're still probably workable."

"Anybody around here have a problem with that?"

Collective shrugs by the other mostly young folks.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2025-06-22 12:45|| 2025-06-22 12:45|| Front Page Top

#42 #40 Oddly, in the early 90's I became a gardener, mainly in the affluent Cherry Creek area of Denver. I was between jobs and between school, and spent several summers working outside, which I much prefer. The first to kick it off was Saeed and Nazrin who brought me to their property.

Soon I had several gardening gigs with a number of Iranian families in the area. Wonderful people. At Saeed's parent's house, where I was their gardener, I would be all grubby, but would be invited in to formal tea gatherings. One young man who I got along well with, Moses (he pronounced it Mosee'), had to return to Iran suddenly to die - he had inoperable brain cancer.

By the time I called it quits and got a real job, I had 26 gardening gigs in and around Cherry Creek.

Posted by Fairbanks 2025-06-22 15:10|| 2025-06-22 15:10|| Front Page Top

#43 #25 The Tulsi Gabbard fiasco sounds somewhat of another feint by this administration.

Posted by Fairbanks 2025-06-22 15:49|| 2025-06-22 15:49|| Front Page Top

#44 I mean, she wasn't canned or anything.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gabbard-situation-room-iran-still-key-player-despite-trump-saying-she-wrong-intel

Posted by Fairbanks 2025-06-22 16:07|| 2025-06-22 16:07|| Front Page Top

#45 CNN reports that top Democrats on intelligence committees were not briefed on the strikes,

badanov: this thing was started by the Biden Politburo. Were the top Democrats also not informed then? Because that would say something significant about how the Democrats actually function in the real world.

Posted by trailing wife 2025-06-22 19:15|| 2025-06-22 19:15|| Front Page Top

#46 ^ They put politics and personal gain ahead of national interests. Have done so since I can remember

Posted by Frank G 2025-06-22 19:18|| 2025-06-22 19:18|| Front Page Top

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