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(NewsNation) — Newly released outer imagery Sunday shows harm to Iran's Fordow atomic enrichment installation pursuing devastating U.S. airstrikes that targeted three Iranian atomic sites Saturday night.
High-resolution images collected by Maxar Technologies showed ample craters connected a ridge supra the underground analyzable astatine Fordow, 1 of Iran's astir heavy fortified nuclear facilities.
The strikes look to person blocked respective passageway entrances starring into the underground installation with debris and dirt, per Maxar.
Interact with the images beneath by dragging the slider to the near and close to spot the earlier and aft differences aft the U.S. strikes:
A furniture of gray-blue ash dispersed crossed a wide country surrounding the facility, grounds of the almighty explosions from bunker-busting bombs utilized successful the attack, according to the outer imagery analysis.
The U.S. subject utilized specialized bunker bombs to penetrate the underground facilities astatine Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan, marking President Donald Trump's determination to articulation Israel's subject run against Iran's atomic program.
The Fordow facility, built heavy wrong a upland adjacent the metropolis of Qom, considered a beatified tract successful Shi'a Islam, has been a peculiar interest for Western quality agencies owed to its heavy fortified operation designed to withstand subject attacks.
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