Pentagon leaders hail successful Iran strikes but wary of retaliation
By Noah Robertson and Leo Shane III
Jun 22, 2025, 09:36 AM
Pentagon officials detail the long-range B-2 stealth bomber strike on Iranian nuclear facilities, involving complex deception, fighter aircraft, bunker-buster bombs and submarine-launched Tomahawk missiles.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday insisted that U.S. officials are not seeking regime change in Iran following American military airstrikes against nuclear facilities there.
But he warned that any response for those actions “will be met with force far greater than what was witnessed” this weekend.
“All of our precision munitions struck where we wanted them to strike and had the desired effect,” Hegseth told reporters during an early morning press conference hours after the military assault.
“We believe we achieved destruction of capabilities there. … It would be a very bad idea for Iran or its proxies to attempt to attack American forces [in response].”
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