Operation Midnight Hammer: How Stealth Bombers, Fighters, and Bunker Busters Obliterated Iran’s Nuclear Sites
Operation Midnight Hammer, conducted June 21–22, 2025, targeted Iran’s Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan nuclear sites. Seven B-2 Spirit bombers from the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base flew an 18-hour mission to Iran, delivering 14 GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Pens, marking the first-ever operational use of the MOP. To maximize surprise, at least six B-2s were observed flying west toward the Pacific as a decoy while seven B-2s proceeded east to strike. More than two dozen Tomahawk land-attack missiles were launched from an Ohio-class guided-missile submarine stationed in the Middle East to strike Isfahan around 2:15–2:35 AM local time.
