[bigyabai]

In Iran's defense, there was credible OSINT[0] warning of the B-2s taking off 12+ hours in advance of the strike. Iran knows what a GBU-57 is, the writing was pretty clearly on the wall that a strike was imminent.

It's possible (though not guaranteed) that they simply relocated the enriched uranium before the attack.

[0] https://x.com/thenewarea51/status/1936391071430308207

[lolinder]

Yes, that too. It was in newspapers hours before the attack, so there's no way Iran didn't know it was coming.

[perihelions]

> "there was credible OSINT[0] warning"

That one was counterintelligence deliberately placed in OSINT to confuse Iran. The B-2's that flew west over CONUS in daylight, in plain view, were decoys on a wrong timing.

https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/the-u-s-strik... ("U.S. Strike on Iran Began With a Ruse")