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Donald Trump mentioned the US ‘fully obliterated’ Iran’s Fordow nuclear web site with six huge 30,000-pound ‘bunker buster’ bombs and used 30 Tomahawk missiles
US used Tomahawk missiles to strike Iran on Saturday(Unsplash)
What is the Tomahawk missile?
The Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) is a long-range, subsonic cruise missile developed by the US Navy for precision strikes towards land and sea targets. First utilized in fight throughout the 1991 Gulf War, it’s launched from floor ships and submarines by way of the Mk 41 Vertical Launch System.
The missile reportedly prices about $2 million every and measures 18.3 ft lengthy, weighs 3,200 kilos (4,400 with booster), and carries a 1,000-pound standard warhead or cluster munitions. It travels at 550 mph (Mach 0.74), with a spread of 1,550–2,500 kilometers (1,000–1,500 miles), guided by GPS, inertial navigation, and terrain contour matching for accuracy inside 10 meters.
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Trump thanks Netanyahu
President Trump mentioned he labored ‘as a workforce’ with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to strike Iran in an handle hours after the bombings.
Speaking a couple of risk of future strikes, the 78-year-old mentioned: “If they don’t, future assaults could be far better and rather a lot simpler.”
“For 40 years Iran has been saying dying to America, dying to Israel,” Trump mentioned. “They have been killing our individuals, blowing off their arms, blowing off their legs with roadside bombs.”
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“I wish to thank and congratulate Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu. We labored as a workforce like maybe no workforce has ever labored earlier than, and we’ve gone an extended option to erasing this horrible risk to Israel. I wish to thank the Israeli navy for the great job they’ve finished. And most significantly, I wish to congratulate the good American patriots who flew these magnificent machines tonight, and all the United States navy on an operation the likes of which the world has not seen in lots of, many a long time,” he added.
