According to the two people familiar with the classified report, the bombing sealed off the entrances to two of the three nuclear sites targeted in the attack but that most of the damage was done to structures above ground, leaving the lower structures intact. The assessment also found that at least some enriched uranium remained – possibly moved

Caine said the fighter pilots who trailed the B-2 bombers said that after the first bomb struck the target "the pilots stated, quote, this was the brightest explosion that I've ever seen. It literally looked like daylight." ??????2025  

"All six weapons at each vent, at Fordow went exactly where they were intended to go," Caine said, adding that the result was "a mix of overpressure and blast ripping through the open tunnels and destroying critical hardware." ?????????????

Caine said the Iranians had covered the ventilation shafts with concrete caps, but the first bomb blew off the caps. After that, the next four bombs were programmed to drop more than 1,000 feet per second and "explode in the mission space." The final bomb was designated as a "flex weapon," or backup, he said. ??????24  

At the briefing on Thursday, Caine went further, describing that six bunker-buster bombs were dropped down each of the two ventilation shafts with fuses programmed to detonate at specific times. ????????2025