New details from Gen. Dan Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Operation "Midnight Hammer"
• On Friday, a large B-2 strike package launched from the continental U.S. To maintain tactical surprise, part of the package proceeded west into the Pacific as a decoy/deception effort.
• The main strike package, comprised of 7x B-2 Spirit bombers, flew east undetected. More than 125 total U.S. aircraft participated, employing 75+ precision-guided munitions.
• At ~5pm ET, just prior to the strike package entering Iran, a U.S. submarine in CENTCOM launched more than two dozen Tomahawk land attack cruise missiles against key surface infrastructure targets.
• At ~6:40 PM ET, the lead B-2 dropped two GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) weapons on the first of several aim points at Fordo. The remaining bombers then hit their targets, with 14 MOPs dropped against 2 nuclear target areas.
• All three Iranian nuclear infrastructure targets were struck between 6:40 PM and 7:05 PM Eastern time, with the tomahawk missiles last.
• As the strike package entered Iranian airspace, the U.S. employed several deception tactics, including decoys as 4th and 5th-gen aircraft pushed out in front, sweeping for enemy fighters and surface-to-air missile threats.
• Final battle damage will take some time, but initial battle damage assessments indicate that all three sites sustained extremely severe damage and destruction.
• Currently unaware of any shots fired at the strike package on the way in or out. Iran's fighters did not fly, and it appears that Iran's surface-to-air missile systems did not see use throughout the mission. Following weapons release, the package exited Iranian airspace and began its return home.
• The strike package was supported by U.S. Strategic Command, U.S. Transportation Command, U.S. Cyber Command, U.S. Space Command, U.S. Space Force, and U.S. European Command.
Source: DOD Press Briefing, 22 June