MIDNIGHT HAMMER: SECDEF Pete Hegseth and CJCS General Dan “Razin” Caine Update on U.S. Strikes on Iran Nuclear Sites

This is amazing.

The operation to take out the Iranian nuclear threat was called Operation Hammer.

US bombers were ‘in and out and back without the world knowing’

They did not see us coming.

“Thanks to President Trump’s bold and visionary leadership and his commitment to Peace Through Strength, Iran’s nuclear visions have been obliterated.”

G-d bless our brave Service Members.

Hegseth: When the President (Trump) says 60 days of peace and negotiation, he means 60 days of peace and negotiation, otherwise this nuclear program, this nuclear capacity will not exist. He was serious. This is not the previous administration.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth calls recent strikes a “tremendous success” and says Iran’s nuclear program has been “obliterated.”

General Cane: we’re not aware of a single shot taken at the B-2 bombers. Iranian jets were not scrambled. The attack was a complete surprise.

– US dropped 14 bunker busters on Fordow
– Fordow has endured “extreme damage”
– Attack has been planned a long time, and the US used deception and misdirection of the public for months

PENTAGON REPORTER: “In my 18 years at the Pentagon, I’ve never seen such operational security.

There were NO LEAKS. NOBODY speaking about this. A complete blackout on information about Iran at the Pentagon for the last few days.”

US Defense Secretary Hegseth: This mission was not and is not about regime change. This was a precision strike.

LIVE: @SECDEF Pete Hegseth and CJCS Gen. Dan Caine hold an on-camera press briefing at the Pentagon, June 22, 2025. https://t.co/QO17H1mmws

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Precision strike.

No leaks.

No US casualties.

Never again say that Hegseth wasn’t the right guy to lead the DOD.

— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) June 22, 2025

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President Trump has launched the United States into the spiraling Israel-Iran war, ordering strikes on the latter Middle Eastern country in the middle of the night Saturday in an attempt to crush its nuclear program.

“We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan,” Trump announced on Truth Social just before 8 p.m. ET, 3:30 a.m. Iran time.

The president’s move to get the US involved in Israel’s military operations — now in their second week after large-scale airstrikes on June 13 took out 20 of Iran’s senior military leaders — comes just days after Iran warned that a US strike would trigger an “all-out war.”

Trump ‘was fully committed to peace’ with Iran before strikes, Hegseth says

Leading up to the strikes against Iran, President Trump was “fully committed to the peace process,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth committed.

“I would just say, having the opportunity to witness his leadership, he was fully committed to the peace process, wanted a negotiated outcome,” Hegseth told reporters. “Gave Iran every single opportunity, and unfortunately, was met by stonewalling.”

“I won’t say the particular moment. There was certainly a moment in time where he realized that it had to be a certain action taken in order to minimize the threat to us and our troops.”

The Pentagon has disclosed the scope of ‘Operation Midnight Hammer’ operation: more than 125 U.S. aircraft took part, including 14 bombers armed with bunker busters, along with over two dozen Tomahawk missile launches.

Wow! pic.twitter.com/XkyqwZFPjv

— Hillel Fuld (@HilzFuld) June 22, 2025

US dropped 14 massive bunker busters in biggest B-2 bomber strike ever

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff revealed the incredible mobilization of firepower that the US mustered to strike Iran’s nuclear sites — which involved the largest flight of B-2 stealth bombers ever, and the deployment of 14 massive, 15-ton bunker buster bombs.

Ahead of Operation Midnight Hammer, the US sent decoy B-2 stealth bombers to Guam before striking Iran, Gen. Dan Caine confirmed. The announced flight of heavy bombers traveling west was meant to misdirect the world.

Meanwhile, seven other B-2 Spirit bombers flew east on the longest operational flight of the strategic bombers since 2001. They were escorted by US fighter jets and refueled in the air.

“A US submarine in the Central Command Area of Responsibility launched more than two dozen Tomahawk land attack cruise missiles against key surface infrastructure targets at Isfahan as the Operation Midnight Hammer strike package entered Iranian airspace,” Caine explained.

The bombers flew into Iranian air space and left totally unopposed.

“We are currently unaware of any shots fired at the US strike package on the way in,” he added. “Iran’s fighters did not fly, and it appears that Iran’s surface-to-air missile systems did not see us throughout the mission; we retained the element of surprise. In total, US forces employed approximately 75 precision-guided weapons during this operation.”

“This included, as the President stated last night, 14 30,000-pound GBU, 57 Massive Ordnance, penetrators, marking the first ever operational use of this weapon.”

Hegseth: US bombers were ‘in and out and back without the world knowing’

“Our B2s went in and out of … these nuclear sites in and out and back without the world knowing at all,” he said. “In that way, it was historic strike that included the longest B-2 Spirit bomber mission since 2001 and the first operational employment of the MOP — a massive ordinance penetrator.”

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff reveals operation name of Iran nuclear site strikes

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine revealed the name of the operation to strike Iran’s three nuclear facilities: “Operation Midnight Hammer.”

“Operation Midnight Hammer,” Caine said, noting that it was “a deliberate and precise strike against three Iranian nuclear facilities.”

“This was a complex and high-risk mission carried out with exceptional skill and discipline by our joint force.”
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Hegseth stresses US ‘does not seek war’

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reiterated President Trump’s assertion that the US doesn’t want war with Iran.

“President Trump has stated, The United States does not seek war. But let me be clear, we will act swiftly and decisively when our people, our partners or our interests are threatened,” Hegseth said.

Hegseth: ‘When POTUS says 60 days … he means 60 days’

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth underscored that President Trump complied with the timeline he gave Iran two months ago.

“When POTUS says 60 days that he seeks peace and negotiation, he means 60 days of peace and negotiation; otherwise, that nuclear program, that nuclear capability, will not exist; he meant it,” Hegseth told reporters.

“This is not the previous administration.”

Hegseth hails Iran strikes as ‘incredible and overwhelming success,’ notes soldiers weren’t hit

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hailed the strikes on three of Iran’s nuclear facilities as an “incredible and overwhelming success.”

“It was an incredible and overwhelming success,” Hegseth told reporters Sunday. “We devastated the Iranian nuclear program.”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman speaking during a press conference at the Pentagon.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman speaking during a press conference at the Pentagon. Department of Defense

“But it’s worth noting the operation did not target Iranian troops or the Iranian people.”