On Point: Simultaneous Strategic Bombing Strike, 12 Day War and Mid-East Peace?
by Austin Bay
June 25, 2025
As I write this column late on June 24, Israel and Ayatollah Iran have stopped their latest battle of long-range missiles and bombs.
A tentative ceasefire holds, a ceasefire more or less personally imposed by U.S. president Donald Trump.
The predicate for Trump's ability to demand a ceasefire? The U.S. Air Force 509th Bomb Wing's jaw-dropping raid on and likely destruction of Iran's most critical nuclear weapons facilities -- located in Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan.
Early in what Trump calls the 12 Day War, Israeli attacks destroyed Iranian air-space defenses, giving Israel air superiority over Iran. Israel could bomb anywhere. However, it lacked the penetration punch to destroy Iran's fortified nuclear facilities.
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