💣 Did We Actually Hit Fordow? A Mountain of Questions Remain 📅 June 29, 2025 | 🔎 BETTR Defense Watch 📞 Contact: (516) 586-0660 | 🌐 BETTR.community 📣 “I’m not a good candidate, I’m the right one.” ⸻ 🛑 The Headlines Say We Struck Iran’s Fordow Nuclear Site. But what really happened? According to DOD reports, the U.S. dropped 14 GBU-57A/B “bunker-busters” on Fordow and other Iranian nuclear sites. These bombs are enormous—each weighing 30,000 lbs with an explosive payload of 2.65 tons of TNT. That’s 37 total tons of explosive force dropped on one of the most secure nuclear facilities on Earth. Sounds huge… right? ⸻ 🧱 Let’s Put That In Perspective: Project TNT/Explosive Used Purpose Mount Rushmore ~450,000 tons (dynamite) To carve 4 faces into granite Hoover Dam ~4,250 tons (dynamite) To clear tunnels & foundations Fordow Strike 37 tons (MOP bombs) To disable underground nuke site 📊 That means we used: ▸ 1/115th of what was used on Hoover Dam ▸ 1/12,000th of what was used to carve Mount Rushmore ⸻ 🕳️ So What Did We Actually Hit? ✔️ Satellite images confirm some surface damage and collapsed tunnel entrances ✔️ Iran has begun repairing key shafts and backfilling blast zones ❌ No confirmation that underground centrifuge halls were destroyed ❗ U.S. intel sources admit it may have only set the nuclear program back by “months—not years” ⸻ 🚨 Reality Check: This Was a Message, Not a Mountain-Mover Fordow is buried under 250+ feet of reinforced rock and concrete. The bunker-busters dropped were tactical, not transformational. They likely disrupted access, not dismantled the program. This wasn’t Hiroshima. It wasn’t even Hoover Dam. It was a controlled hit on a hardened facility designed to withstand exactly this. ⸻ 🎯 Our Take: ✔️ Strategic warning shot? Yes. ❌ Mission accomplished? Not even close. If this administration thinks that dropping a few dozen bunker busters is a serious long-term strategy to stop Iran’s nuclear push, they’re playing politics—not defense. ⸻ 🔔 Stay Informed. Get BETTR. 📞 (516) 586-0660 🌐 BETTR.community 🗳️ #FordowFacts #MountainMath #BETTRDefense “I’m not a good candidate, I’m the right one.” — Jay Arnold, 2026 NY Gubernatorial Candidate