Army planners dubbed the U.S. navy strikes in opposition to Iran’s nuclear services Operation Midnight Hammer.
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WASHINGTON—The U.S. strike on three Iranian nuclear services in a single day on June 21–22 adopted a extremely intricate plan that entailed greater than 125 U.S. plane and warships and layers of deception, Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth stated throughout a Pentagon information briefing.
Hegseth stated preparation for the mission—dubbed Operation Midnight Hammer—happened over the course of weeks and months, “in order that we might be prepared when the president of the US referred to as.”