BREAKING: Qatar closes airspace as world awaits possible Iranian retaliation

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BREAKING: Qatar closes airspace as world awaits possible Iranian retaliation   Fox News' Jennifer Griffin reports the latest on the aftermath of U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities from the Pentagon. Former Trump deputy national security advisor KT McFarland also weighs in during 'The Faulkner Focus' as the world awaits possible retaliation. #foxnews #news #usa #us #world #donaldtrump #trump #iran #israel #middleeast #war #nuclear #weapon #ayatollah #khamenei #netanyahu #breakingnews #live #media #telaviv #pakistan #primetime #military #army #navy #washington   Fox News is the ultimate source of Top Stories, News Updates, Breaking news, Top headlines, Investigative reports, Human interest stories, Weather updates, Natural disaster coverage, Crime reports, Editorial opinions, Fact-checking articles, Global events, global news, global news, global news updates, latest news, latest updates, news updates, and world news updates.   Stay informed with the latest headlines and in-depth coverage from around the world — follow Global News Updates for real-time news you can trust. Don’t miss a story — hit follow now!   GLOBAL NEWS   #IranIsraelConflict #MiddleEastTensions #IranIsraelWar #BreakingNews #Geopolitics #foxnews #skynews #cnn #aljazeeranews #MiddleEastCrisis #WarInIranIsrael #InternationalNews #MiddleEastConflict #GlobalSecurity #BreakingNewsUpdate #ConflictAnalysis #IranNews #IsraelNews #WarUpdates #MiddleEastPolitics #SecuritySituation #IranIsraelRelations #WarNews #RegionalTensions #globalnews #newschannel #insights #updates

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00:00Operation Midnight Hammer was an epic operation that caught Iran completely off guard as they say

00:08our bomber pilots are now back home in Missouri and President Trump thanked them in a post last

00:13night for a job well done exclamation point all caps. We're learning more about the many levels

00:19of deception and decoy. It was like a James Bond movie that went into this mission. The real strike

00:26force went east toward the heavily fortified nuclear facility at Fordow. Those B-2 bombers

00:32dropped a dozen bunker buster bombs on Fordow alone each weighing 30,000 pounds and they never once

00:40encountered enemy fire. Chief national correspondent security correspondent Jennifer Griffin is at the

00:46Pentagon. I tell you you just can't stop being wowed by what we pulled off Jennifer. An absolutely

00:53flawless mission. But Harris U.S. military forces are now on high alert across the Middle East expecting

00:59an imminent response from Iran. The U.S. Navy actively planning its response should Iran's

01:05Revolutionary Guard Navy mine the Strait of Hormuz. Few here at the Pentagon think this is over despite

01:11Saturday's flawless military strike on Iran's three nuclear facilities a plan that has been honed in

01:17practice since 2008. U.S. B-2 pilots have been practicing this 37 hour round trip flight to the

01:25Middle East for years. The 30,000 pound bunker buster bombs tested against hardened targets as recently as

01:32last year. This operation underscores the unmatched capabilities and global reach of the United States

01:40military. As the president clearly said last night no other in the military no other military in the world could have done

01:49this. 125 U.S. warplanes each B-2 refueled in midair three to four times each way on the non-stop 18 hour flight from

01:59Missouri. An air refueling bridge across the Mediterranean and Middle East. 14 GBU-57 bunker buster bombs among the 75

02:08satellite guided munitions dropped and 30 Tomahawk missiles fired from an Ohio class submarine 400

02:15miles away which stayed in the air one hour and 40 minutes time to drop after the last B-2 struck in

02:22Fordeaux. Captain Todd Sahil an intelligence targeting officer focused on this problem for years was asked

02:28whether the Tomahawks could destroy Isfahan and the deep tunnels where the Iranian uranium conversion takes place.

02:38No. In that case it's extremely limited because those weapons are really designed to go after surface

02:44targets. They don't have much penetration capability. The problem is like you mentioned the mountain which

02:49is deep under hard granite and unreachable by conventional munitions to include the GBU-57.

02:55Isfahan is arguably a tougher target Harris than Fordeaux. The U.S. will be using signals intelligence and other

03:01means to sniff for nuclear particles at the sites along with Israeli human intelligence on the ground

03:07to give the final bomb damage assessment Harris. Yeah and the world awaits to see what that will

03:12hold. Jennifer we have breaking news right now and it's partially on what you were talking about.

03:17Qatar's foreign minister now has just announced it is shutting down its airspace to all commercial

03:21flights indefinitely and we know just a few minutes ago that the U.S. issued a shelter in place order

03:27for Americans in Qatar. What does all of this tell you? Well there's very significant intelligence

03:33and a warning that Iran could strike at any time an imminent threat to Qatar. Of course Qatar is where Al-Udid is.

03:44That's the largest U.S. military base in the Middle East. Normally there would be 10,000 U.S. troops stationed there.

03:50Last week we reported that most of the aircraft had been moved from Al-Udid. However those missiles, crews and

03:58ballistic short and medium range from Iran would take just a few minutes to reach Qatar and there's also

04:04the possibility of swarming drones. So right now high alert inside Qatar. We've seen the the warnings

04:10at U.S. embassy at the U.S. embassy as well as at other embassies across Qatar. I'm so glad you're on

04:15with us at this moment because following a U.S. security alert for U.S. nationals in Qatar out of an

04:21abundance of caution we've recommended that British nationals in Qatar also shelter in place until further

04:26notice. So this is ramping up and what we do know is our military is at the ready. They've been

04:32pulling into place for a couple of weeks now even. Jennifer thank you very much. Always appreciate

04:38your reporting. More on the breaking news out of that region. KT McFarland served as deputy national

04:44security advisor during President Trump's first administration. So hitting our troops in that

04:51region Iran has done so many times before. Over 200 times under President Biden. It is time we respond.

04:59What do you foresee just out of these warnings from Qatar?

05:04Well Iran's going to retaliate. The question is what how are they going to retaliate and how successful

05:08will they be? I mean the most they could do is to try to take out U.S. forces or attack U.S. forces

05:13in the region. But as you pointed out we're ready for that. We've brought more assets into the region

05:18to defend our bases our people. We've taken dependence civilian dependence out of the region

05:23so to make a smaller target if you will. And we've also particularly Israel has degraded the

05:29capability of Iran to have those kind of attacks. So we're ready but we're expecting to take the blow

05:34but we're ready. I mean Iran could also go after Israeli facilities in the region or bomb Israel again.

05:40But again their ability to do so has been greatly reduced. We know they're going to do something.

05:44The question is what and would it trigger the response that President Trump has talked about.

05:50You know they've got to all be nervous. I mean they've shown that Donald Trump. Donald Trump has

05:53shown that he's not a patsy. He's not going to believe that oh well we feel you know we want to

05:57negotiate. He's going to do what he has to do to protect Americans. And what I hear you getting at

06:02is they have to be really careful when they make this next move. I mean it's like walking on toothpicks

06:07on top of a lily pad. You can't be too heavy footed or you'll go into water and you don't know how deep

06:12it is. I mean Trump is willing to do what is necessary. Right. I mean it's just that tricky.

06:17I have parents in the south so I have a lot of those little sayings. But look what you're saying

06:22is they've got to try to hit us but not hit us too hard. I don't know if they can pull that off.

06:26Many of their military commanders were taken out by Israel. And the ones that remain know that if

06:32they you know they could be taken out as well. I mean it's pretty clear that Mossad has thoroughly

06:36penetrated the Iranian military, the Iranian civilian leadership. And if they try to do

06:42something that would especially something that would cause the loss of American life you know

06:46they might as well pull the trigger on their own heads. What President Trump was interesting when

06:50he's talked about regime change. Now regime change in the George W. Bush Barack Obama sense is

06:56American marines go in. We get rid of the guy. We put our own government in. We try to figure out

07:01how they should become a modern American democracy. And it's never worked. Didn't work in Afghanistan.

07:06Didn't work in Iraq. Didn't work in Libya. President Trump has said to the Iranian people

07:11look you should have leaders who make your country great again. It's up to you. And he said consistently

07:17throughout his two terms that it's up to the people to decide their own country. You know you

07:22decide what kind of a government you want. What leaders you want. How you worship your God.

07:27It's up to you. If you want to do regime change that's on you. But we might applaud it if you do

07:32this in the case of Iran. So a few minutes ago when Ambassador Danone was here he was telling me

07:38and it seems like a point of desperation we were both agreeing off camera and then the conversation

07:45ensued. He said that they are hiring prisoners coming out of jails in Israel. Iran is doing this

07:51trying to find the angriest among them to see if they can flip them as assets and give them menial

07:56tasks. He said they'll send them you know take a picture over here you get a little bit of change

08:00for that until they work them up into doing something worse. You know that's an act of

08:07desperation right. I mean the Iranian the Ayatollah we know is in hiding. He's already listed he already

08:12has decided he's going to be a martyr. He's 86 years old. He's dying of cancer. What a great way to

08:18go out. He's already designated three people who would be his successors. But you have to wonder

08:22what's the conversations they're having within the leadership group of Iran because of the generals

08:27looking at each other and say I've had this job for 48 hours now. My predecessor was assassinated.

08:32I want to keep this job. Did I sign up for this? Did I sign up for martyrdom? And maybe as President

08:38Trump says the Iranian people want to make Iran great again. President Trump's offering an opportunity

08:43to come to the negotiating table and extend the hand of freedom and peace.

08:47Yeah and and meanwhile Iran looks for enemies within the countries that it would like to have

08:52death of. Yeah. Katie McFarland great to have you. Thank you so much. Thank you for watching the

08:56Faulkner Focus outnumbered after the break. Hey everyone I'm Emily Campagno. Catch me and my

09:02co-hosts Harris Faulkner and Kayleigh McEnany on Outnumbered every weekday at 12 p.m. Eastern or

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