jerrymahoney

Well it's very comforting to know that you're sure.

(As posted above) A senior Iranian source told Reuters on Sunday most of the near weapons-grade 60% highly enriched uranium had been moved to an undisclosed location before the U.S. attack. I don't know. Ask him.

So maybe is the already processed uranium.

'UNUSUAL ACTIVITY' Several experts also cautioned that Iran likely moved a stockpile of near weapons-grade highly enriched uranium out of Fordow before the strike early Sunday morning and could be hiding it and other nuclear components in locations unknown to Israel, the U.S. and U.N. nuclear inspectors. They noted satellite imagery from Maxar Technologies showing "unusual activity" at Fordow on Thursday and Friday, with a long line of vehicles waiting outside an entrance of the facility. A senior Iranian source told Reuters on Sunday most of the near weapons-grade 60% highly enriched uranium had been moved to an undisclosed location before the U.S. attack. "I don't think you can with great confidence do anything but set back their nuclear program by maybe a few years," said Jeffrey Lewis of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. "There's almost certainly facilities that we don't know about. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/satellite-images-indicate-severe-damage-fordow-doubts-remain-2025-06-22/

And I have pointed out that some of the contention -- valid or not -- as to the constitutionality of Trump's actions comes from the Republican side as well. However I will note that in many instances the above may be written as: The POTUS can deploy a military action in the instance that there is a(n) IMMINENT threat to the US,

Trump's team launches group to unseat GOP Rep. Thomas Massie Trump has heavily criticized Massie, of Kentucky, who has opposed his strikes on Iran and his "big, beautiful bill" in Congress. Massie also partnered with Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., last week to introduce a war powers resolution meant to “prohibit involvement in Iran.” “The Constitution does not permit the executive branch to unilaterally commit an act of war against a sovereign nation that hasn’t attacked the United States,” Massie said of the resolution in a statement at the time. After the strikes in Iran on Saturday, Massie dug into Trump’s decision, writing on social media, “This is not Constitutional.” https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-thomas-massie-criticism-us-strikes-iran-kentucky-maga-rcna214387

Hegseth defers to general on Pentagon’s plans for Iran U.S. Central Command chief Gen. Erik Kurilla is overruling other top Pentagon officials. 06/18/2025 05:55 AM EDT Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has given an unusual level of authority to a single general in the latest Middle East crisis — an Iran hawk who is pushing for a strong military response against the country. U.S. Central Command chief Gen. Erik Kurilla has played an outsized role in the escalating clashes between Tehran and Israel, with officials noting nearly all his requests have been approved, from more aircraft carriers to fighter planes in the region. The pugnacious general, who is known as “The Gorilla,” is overruling other top Pentagon officials and playing a quiet but decisive role in the country’s next steps on Iran, according to a former and current defense official, a diplomat, and a person familiar with the dynamic. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/17/hegseth-erik-kurilla-iran-pentagon-response-00411007 NB Chairman Joint Chiefs Caine was confirmed by the Senate for the job 11 April, 2025 and sworn in 14 April, 2025 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Caine

Photo of trucks leaving Fordo 19 JUN pre-strike The images of the secretive plant, which were collected on Thursday and Friday, depict truck and vehicle activity near to the entrance of the underground military complex. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/22/satellite-images-show-activity-at-irans-fordo-before-us-air-strikes.html

(Hegseth) continued, “Many presidents have dreamed of delivering the final blow to Iran’s nuclear program, and none could until President Trump. The operation President Trump planned was bold and it was brilliant, showing the world that American deterrence is back. When this president speaks, the world should listen.” https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/22/politics/pete-hegseth-dan-caine-iran-strike B-2 Strikes On Iran: What We Know About Operation Midnight Hammer (Updated) The mission that has been in contingency planning and rehearsal for many years included assets from below the waves to space. https://www.twz.com/air/b-2-strikes-on-iran-what-we-know-about-operation-midnight-hammer REDUX:: On 10 June 2025, during the negotiations between the U.S. and Iran on its nuclear program, (Western Command Dir., Tampa) Kurilla said at a congressional hearing that he prepared a "wide range" of military options for President Donald Trump if negotiations fail. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kurilla

Adapted from NY Times: But neither Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth nor Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, could immediately say whether Iran still retained the ability to make a nuclear weapon. Mr. Hegseth repeated President Trump’s assertion from the previous night that the nuclear sites had been “obliterated.” General Caine did not.

NYTimes: Strike details: A U.S. official said that six B-2 bombers dropped a dozen 30,000-pound bunker buster bombs on the Fordo nuclear site, which lies deep underground, and Navy submarines fired 30 TLAM cruise missiles at the Natanz and Isfahan sites. One B-2 also dropped two bunker busters on Natanz, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss military operations. Still on the QT and hush-hush.

From CBS News: Experts have believed the best chance at destroying the facility lies with the U.S.-produced "bunker-buster" bomb known as the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator, or MOP — a bomb so heavy that it could only be dropped by an American B-2 bomber. A source familiar with the operation and a senior Defense Department official confirmed that the MOP was used in the strikes, with two MOPs used per target. However, a senior Defense Department official later told CBS News that three B-2s were used to strike Fordo, with each of those B-2s armed with 2 MOPs. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-launches-strikes-iranian-nuclear-facilities-trump-says/

Until Karoline Leavitt says the Bunker busters were used, it isn't official.

US bombs Iran: What to know about possible weapon, the 'bunker buster' 21 JUN 2025 9:36 PM ET -- Trump and his administration have been considering U.S. involvement following Israel's attack in Iran on June 12, with specific interest from Israeli officials in the American-made 'bunker buster' bomb, which can penetrate deep, fortified targets like Iran’s Fordo nuclear facility, buried about 300 feet underground. Only U.S.-made B-2 warplanes can carry these bombs, though it is uncertain whether they were used in the attack. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/21/us-bombs-iran-what-to-know-about-bunker-buster-bomb/84303457007/

I'm not arguing anything: Just again stating that there has been no confirmation that those bombs were used.

You can have your good laugh -- for some reason Trump is not definitively claiming that the bunker busters were used if they in fact were. Trump wrote: A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow,” _____________________ The president said B-2 stealth bombers were used but did not specify which types of bombs were dropped. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14834579/US-moves-B2-stealth-bombers-Israel-Iran-live-updates.html

I am only saying there has been no positive confirmation from Trump or elsewhere that those bombs were used -- they could have bombed all the Fordo entrances with more conventional weapons.

Of course they were. Why else would they go in? Trump only said that a "full payload" of bombs was dropped on Fordo.

The NY Times quotes sources that B-2 bombers were involved in the attacks but they do not say whether the big bunker-buster bombs were dropped.

Hegseth and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine testified Wednesday before the Senate Armed Services Committee, as the president mulls joining Israel's offensive against Iran. "My job, our job, Chairman and I, at all times is to make sure we, the president, has options and is informed of what those options might be and what the ramifications of what those options might be," Hegseth said. Democratic Sen. Jack Reed, the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, criticized Hegseth and told him that while he's been at the helm, the Pentagon has been "paralyzed by infighting and stripped of expert staff at a time when we need stability and professionalism." Hegseth responded with a statement that the Defense Department is "executing a common-sense agenda to achieve peace through strength." https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pete-hegseth-israel-iran-trump-options-senate-armed-services/

On 10 June 2025, during the negotiations between the U.S. and Iran on its nuclear program, Kurilla said at a congressional hearing that he prepared a "wide range" of military options for President Donald Trump if negotiations fail.

And from does Hegseth at least partially get those options: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kurilla the 15th commander of United States Central Command (Tampa, FL) since 2022.

Headline now NYTimes: An Iran Deal in Two Weeks? Hard to Achieve, Even if Trump Really Wants One. Negotiating with Tehran is time-consuming and difficult under the best of circumstances. And it remains unclear whether President Trump’s 14-day clock is more than a way to buy time for military preparations.

I don't.