As a fragile cease-fire takes hold, Iran is sorting through the wreckage from U.S.-Israeli strikes, which have exacted a heavy toll on its civilian infrastructure. The New York Times has verified damage to 22 schools and 17 health care facilities, a fraction of the devastation in the war so far. Hedayat Boys’ High School Shajarah…
U.S. installations damaged in strikes U.S. baseat Erbil Airport U.S. base or a base hosting U.S. forces Air defense infrastructure Note: Some sites shown were claimed to have been struck by Iran-aligned militias. Data are as of March 10. The New York Times Iran has responded to the U.S.-Israeli assault on the country by launching…
Within hours of the expiration last week of the final arms control treaty between Moscow and Washington, the State Department sent its top arms diplomat, Thomas G. DiNanno, to Geneva to lay out Washington’s vision for the future. His public address envisioned a future filled with waves of nuclear arms buildups and test detonations. The…
Since President Trump decided to rebrand the Defense Department as the “Department of War,” to more accurately reflect how tough he is, I suggest we rebrand the White House as “The Waffle House” — to more accurately reflect Trump’s incessant waffling when it comes to actually doing something to deter Vladimir Putin’s steadily increasing onslaught…
Without access to the site, it may be quite some time before outside experts can gauge exactly how seriously Fordo was damaged, though a recent U.S. assessment described it as badly damaged. But a look at the bomb used and the facility’s structure, as well as an assessment of the site’s geology, offers some clues….
Iran built its most critical nuclear enrichment facility, Fordo, deep inside a mountain to shield it from attacks. But the United States has a bomb that experts think could probably reach the subterranean site. President Trump is considering a plan to use it. Only the U.S. military has the 30,000-pound GBU-57, or Massive Ordnance Penetrator,…