The only thing we did in the 12 Day War was the one thing Israel couldn't do, which is they did not have bunker buster bombs that were big enough to penetrate into the base of a mountain. Where Fordo. The Iranians had built their nuclear weapon research facilities in the base of a mountain precisely because Israeli munitions couldn't take it out. The only country that had bombs big enough to do that was the United States. And so we sent our B2s over, delivered those bunker busters, took out the nuclear weapons facilities and left. (56:21–56:31)
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Asserts that Iran's nuclear facilities were built in a mountain to avoid Israeli attacks.
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