Monday, 23 June 2025

Satellite Images of Fordow


New satellite images have shown the extent of damage done to Iranian nuclear sites following the US's precise attacks. 

President Donald Trump ordered seven B-2 stealth bombers to drop fourteen 30,000-pound 'bunker buster' bombs on the base hidden deep inside a mountain in Fordo, 80 miles south of Tehran.

'The strikes were a spectacular military success,' Trump said in a late-night address from the White House, before warning that he wants peace now or that there will be dire consequences.

Now, new photos reveal how the Isfahan nuclear sites have been practically 'flattened' and reduced to rubble.

The newly released images show the exactitude of military attacks, which Trump said flattened the facility.

The satellite imagery shows the exact 'strike area' on the Fordow Nuclear Facility, which the B-2 stealth bombers hit as well as possible bomb 'entry points'.

Annotated to show the areas clearly, some images also suggest 'possible subsidence' of land which has been caved inwards after the strikes. 

A new series of satellite images has revealed the precision of the US attacks on Iran 's primary nuclear facility in Isfahan

A new series of satellite images has revealed the precision of the US attacks on Iran 's primary nuclear facility in Isfahan

Damage after US strikes on the Isfahan nuclear enrichment facility in central Iran

Damage after US strikes on the Isfahan nuclear enrichment facility in central Iran

An overview of Fordow underground complex, before the U.S. struck the underground nuclear facility, near Qom, Iran June 20, 2025
A satellite view shows an overview of Fordow underground complex, after the U.S. struck the underground nuclear facility, near Qom, Iran June 22, 2025

Before and after pictures of Fordow underground complex, taken on June 20 and June 22

The above is zoomed closer to show the areas which are believed to have been struck in the US attacks

The above is zoomed closer to show the areas which are believed to have been struck in the US attacks

Sir Keir Starmer said the US took action to 'alleviate' the 'grave threat' of Iran's nuclear programme.

The UK Prime Minister said in a statement: 'Iran's nuclear programme is a grave threat to international security. 

The newly released images show the exactitude of military attacks, which Trump claimed flattened the facility

The newly released images show the exactitude of military attacks

The satellite imagery shows the exact 'strike area', which the B-2 stealth bombers hit as well as possible bomb 'entry points'

The satellite imagery shows the exact 'strike area', which the B-2 stealth bombers hit as well as possible bomb 'entry points'

Annotated to show the areas clearly, the images also suggest 'possible subsidence' of land which has been caved inwards after the strikes

Annotated to show the areas clearly, the images also suggest 'possible subsidence' of land which has been caved inwards after the strikes

The orange circles appear to show damage to the entryways to Iran's underground nuclear site

The orange circles appear to show damage to the entryways to Iran's underground nuclear site

'Iran can never be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon and the US has taken action to alleviate that threat.

'The situation in the Middle East remains volatile and stability in the region is a priority. 

Trump called the US's strikes a 'spectacular military success,' stating that Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities 'have been completely and totally obliterated'.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14836415/satellite-images-damage-Iranian-nuclear-sites.html

A B-2 Stealth Bomber flies over the Washington Monument at the National Mall, during the Independence Day celebrations in Washington DC, on July 4, 2020

A B-2 Stealth Bomber 

The warplane is the only bomber capable of carrying a 30,000-pound bomb that was used in Saturday nights attack on three separate nuclear facilities in Iran

The warplane is the only bomber capable of carrying the 30,000-pound bombs that were used in the attack on nuclear facilities in Iran 

B-2 Stealth Bomber

The United States used B-2 bombers to carry out Saturday's mission in Iran. The stealth bombers were tracked flying across the Pacific Ocean earlier Saturday, fueling speculation over whether President Donald Trump had initiated an attack

B-2 bomber

A U.S. B-2 bomber returns to an Air Force base in Missouri after striking Iran. Iranian officials have said the strikes did not yield 'irreversible damage'

A U.S. B-2 bomber returns to an Air Force base in Missouri after striking Iran

In this photo released by the U.S. Air Force on May 2, 2023, airmen look at a GBU-57, or the Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb, at Whiteman Air Base in Missouri.

A Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb

This US Air Force handout photo shows weapon specialists looking on as a mock up of the Massive Ordnance Penetrator sits in a bomb bay of the B-2 weapons load trainer

A US Air Force handout photo 

Experts who spoke with the outlet believe the facility, seen here, at its shallowest is 250 feet deep, but could be as much as 30 feet deeper

Fordow at its shallowest is 250 feet deep, but could be as much as 30 feet deeper

Pictured: A satellite view of the Fordo nuclear facility, which is in the northwest of Iran

A satellite view of the Fordo nuclear facility, which is in the northwest of Iran

Trucks positioned near the entrance of Iran's Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant (FFEP). Trump said US air strikes early on June 22 'totally obliterated' Iran's main nuclear sites

Iranian trucks positioned near the entrance of Iran's Fordow, shortly prior to the attack, presumably to remove the enriched uranium.

The US strikes included 14 bunker-buster bombs, more than two dozen Tomahawk missiles and over 125 military aircraft, which targeted three critical sites

The US strikes included 14 bunker-buster bombs, more than two dozen Tomahawk missiles and over 125 military aircraft, which targeted three critical sites