00:00Last night on the President's orders, U.S. Central Command, under the command of General Eric Carilla,
00:05executed Operation Midnight Hammer, a deliberate and precise strike against three Iranian nuclear facilities.
00:13This was a complex and high-risk mission carried out with exceptional skill and discipline by our joint force.
00:20I want to thank every service member, planner, operator that made this mission possible.
00:25Their actions reflect the highest standards of the United States Armed Forces.
00:31This operation was designed to severely degrade Iran's nuclear weapons infrastructure.
00:37It was planned and executed across multiple domains and theaters with coordination that reflects our ability to project power globally
00:46with speed and precision at the time and place of our nation's choosing.
00:51This was a highly classified mission with very few people in Washington.
00:55knowing the timing or nature of this plan.
00:59I'll refer you to the graphic on the side as I walk you through some of the operational details.
01:05At midnight Friday into Saturday morning, a large B-2 strike package comprised of bombers launched from the continental United States.
01:14As part of a plan to maintain tactical surprise, part of the package proceeded to the west and into the Pacific as a decoy.
01:22A deception effort known only to an extremely small number of planners and key leaders here in Washington and in Tampa.
01:31The main strike package comprised of seven B-2 spirit bombers, each with two crew members,
01:38proceeded quietly to the east with minimal communications.
01:43Throughout the 18-hour flight into the target area, the aircraft completed multiple in-flight refuelings.
01:50Once over land, the B-2s linked up with escort and support aircraft in a complex, tightly timed maneuver requiring exact synchronization across multiple platforms in a narrow piece of airspace,
02:06all done with minimal communications.
02:09This type of integration is exactly what our joint force does better than anyone else in the world.
02:17At approximately 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time last night, and just prior to the strike package entering Iran,
02:25a U.S. submarine in the Central Command Area of Responsibility launched more than two dozen Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles
02:33against key surface infrastructure targets at Esfahan.
02:38As the Operation Midnight Hammer strike package entered Iranian airspace,
02:43the U.S. employed several deception tactics, including decoys,
02:48as the fourth- and fifth-generation aircraft pushed out in front of the strike package at high altitude and high speed,
02:57sweeping in front of the package for enemy fighters and surface-to-air missile threats.
03:03The strike package was supported by U.S. Strategic Command, U.S. Transportation Command,
03:09U.S. Cyber Command, U.S. Space Command, U.S. Space Force, and U.S. European Command.
03:17As the strike package approached Fordow and Natanz, the U.S. Protection Package employed high-speed suppression weapons
03:28to ensure safe passage of the strike package, with fighter assets employing preemptive suppressing fires
03:35against any potential Iranian surface-to-air threats.
03:40We are currently unaware of any shots fired at the U.S. strike package on the way in.
03:46At approximately 6.40 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, 2.10 a.m. Iran time,
03:55the lead B-2 dropped two GBU-57 massive ordnance penetrator weapons on the first of several aim points at Fordow.
04:05As the President stated last night, the remaining bombers then hit their targets as well,
04:10with a total of 14 mops dropped against two nuclear target areas.
04:17All three Iranian nuclear infrastructure targets were struck between 6.40 p.m. and 7.05 p.m. Eastern Time.
04:27Again, that's about 2.10 in the morning local time in Iran,
04:30with the Tomahawk missiles being the last to strike at Esfahan to ensure we retain the element of surprise throughout the operation.
04:41Following weapons release, the midnight hammer strike package exited Iranian airspace and the package began its return home.
04:50We are unaware of any shots fired at the package on the way out.
04:57Iran's fighters did not fly, and it appears that Iran's surface-to-air missile systems did not see us.
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