Iran Didn’t Know When We Came, Left – US Defence Secretary, Defence Chief

Iran’s defence system did not know when the strike hit them or when the US stealth bombers entered and left the country, United States Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth  and chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen Dan Caine said on Sunday.

Speaking to reporters on Sunday following the precision attacks on three nuclear sites in Iran, they hailed the attack as largely successful. They, however, claimed that it would take some time to confirm if the attacks had obliterated Iran’s nuclear capacities.

According to Caine all three Iranian nuclear infrastructure targets were hit between 18:40 Eastern time (23:40 BST) and 19:05 Eastern time (00:05 BST).

He added that the Tomahawk missile was the last to strike at Isfahan to make sure the US kept “the element of surprise”.

“It appears that Iran’s surface-to-air missile systems did not see us,” he said, adding that during the mission, the US was not aware of any shots fired at the group as they left.

According to Caine, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, only a small number of “planners and key leaders” were informed about the plans to strike Iran. He said seven B-2 bombers were involved in the 18-hour flight into the target area.

Once the bombers reached Iranian airspace at approximately 17:00 local time (22:00 BST), a US submarine launched “more than two dozen” Tomahawk cruise missiles against “key targets” at the Isfahan nuclear site.

Noting how the strike on Iran was carried out, Caine said:

“This was a highly classified mission with very few people in Washington knowing the timing or nature of this plan.”

According to the defence secretary, America’s B-2 stealth bombers “went in and out, and back, of Iran’s nuclear sites without the world knowing at all”.

“The strike included the longest B-2 spirit bomber mission since 2001 and the first operation employment of the MOP – Massive Ordnance Penetrator,” he added.

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