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Post-Attack Assessment of Israeli and U.S. Strikes on Iranian Nuclear Facilities

(Institute for Science and International Studies) David Albright - Israel and the U.S. have targeted many Iranian nuclear sites, causing massive damage to its nuclear program and setting it back significantly. Overall, Israel's and U.S. attacks have effectively destroyed Iran's centrifuge enrichment program. It will be a long time before Iran comes anywhere near the capability it had before the attack. Complicating any effort to turn weapon-grade uranium into nuclear explosives have been extensive attacks against Iran's facilities and personnel to make the nuclear weapon itself. Its infrastructure to build the nuclear weapon has been severely damaged. The time Iran would need to build even a non-missile deliverable nuclear weapon has increased significantly. High-resolution commercial satellite imagery shows the level of damage and destruction at the principal nuclear sites. These include the Natanz Nuclear Complex, Fordow site, the Esfahan Nuclear Complex, Lavisan 2 (the former location of the SPND HQ), the new SPND HQ, the Karaj Centrifuge Manufacturing Site, the IR-40 Arak Heavy Water Reactor and Heavy Water Production Plant, and Sanjarian (a former AMAD nuclear site that had shown signs of reactivation).
2025-06-26 00:00:00
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