"The operation President Trump planned was bold and it was brilliant, showing the world that American deterrence is back,” Hegseth told reporters during a press briefing Sunday.
The US strike on Iranian nuclear sites — dubbed “Operation Midnight Hammer” — was the biggest ever attack by B-2 stealth bombers, and the longest flight the aircraft have made since 2001. It also marked the first time that the US used the massive, 15-ton GBU-57 bunker buster bombs in anger — and the US...
The US has several bases and military assets in the Middle East that Iran could target in retaliation for the strikes President Trump ordered earlier today.
A handful of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle fumed at President Trump's decision to bomb top nuclear facilities in Iran and accused him of violating the Constitution.