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DTRA Scrutinized Fordow for More Than 16 Years Before June 21 B-2 Strikes

DTRA Scrutinized Fordow for More Than 16 Years Before June 21 B-2 Strikes
Pictured are personnel from the 393d Bomber Generation Squadron inspecting a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber at Whiteman AFB, Mo. on July 25, 2024 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), which has expertise in the destruction of hard and deeply buried targets, has studied Iran's Fordow nuclear site since at least June 2008, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Daniel Caine said on Thursday. In 2009, a DTRA officer "was brought into a vault at an undisclosed location and briefed on something going on in Iran," Caine told reporters. "He was shown some photos and some highly classified intelligence of…

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