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Ted Cruz: “We launched targeted bombs at the end of the 12 Day War…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Published | Video Starts at 05:41

We took out the vast majority of that at the end of the 12 Day War, where that US intelligence assessment was not made public, if that is what was briefed to you. We took out, We launched targeted bombs at the end of the 12 Day War, where we dropped the equivalent of about a third of a nuclear weapon on those underground facilities. facilities like Fordo, which is built into the base of a mountain. The bunker buster bombs we used. Israel doesn't have those bombs. No other country has those bombs. (05:41–05:53)

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Asserts that the U.S. dropped bombs equivalent to a third of a nuclear weapon on Iranian facilities.

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