Trump Bombs Iran Clearing Nuclear Facilities But Uranium Stockpile Persists

Trump launched Operation Epic Fury on February 28, building on last year's Operation Midnight Hammer.

“Trump May Seize Iran’s Nuclear Stockpile: Why Airstrikes Alone Aren’t Enough On February 28, President Donald Trump commenced Operation Epic Fury, a series of large-scale military strikes against several target sets in Iran”

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The strikes eliminated the core incumbency of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

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Iran still maintains a stockpile of 440.9 kg of 60 percent enriched uranium stored in clandestine facilities.

The campaign did not fully clear Iran's uranium stockpile.

The IAEA reported it had lost continuity of knowledge about the stockpile.

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Trump claimed the strikes had neutralized the threat while Iran maintained a large stockpile.

The strikes shuttered Iran's civilian nuclear program by annihilating infrastructure at Isfahan.

“President Donald Trump refused to say Wednesday whether the United States would end its military campaign against Iran if the country retained possession of its stockpile of enriched uranium — a key justification the administration offered for launching military strikes”

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The destruction forced Iran to compensate for nuclear technology loss in multiple industries.

Research at Iran's main nuclear medicine center was broadly disrupted.