(Axios) Barak Ravid - The Israeli attack on Iran on Oct. 26 destroyed the Taleghan 2 facility, an active, top secret nuclear weapons research facility in the Parchin military complex, according to U.S. and Israeli officials. The strike - which targeted a site previously reported to be inactive - significantly damaged Iran's effort over the past year to resume nuclear weapons research. One former Israeli official said the strike destroyed sophisticated equipment used to design the plastic explosives that surround uranium in a nuclear device and are needed to detonate it. Satellite imagery showed the Taleghan 2 building was completely destroyed. Last June, White House officials privately warned the Iranians about the suspicious research activities. They hoped the warning would make the Iranians stop their nuclear activity, but they continued, the officials said. A U.S. official said that in the months before the Israeli attack "there was concern across the board" about the Iranian activity at the Taleghan 2 facility.
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