Although the operation achieved an impressive level of tactical success, with a swarm of warplanes penetrating Iran unchallenged following a long, undetected flight from Missouri, it will be far harder than the president has suggested to reliably evaluate the damage inflicted on Iran’s ability to manufacture a nuclear weapon.

President Donald Trump confirmed that U.S. B-2 bombers hit Iran's Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear complexes overnight, drawing Washington into Israel's widening war with Tehran. In a brief address,