After Iran: Why a strike on North Korea’s nuclear sites is a last resort

2026-03-09 - 00:43

On June 21, 2025, the United States carried out Operation Midnight Hammer, deploying B-2 stealth bombers armed with GBU-57 massive bunker busters and cruise missiles to strike Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan — the three key facilities in Iran’s nuclear program, which has reportedly benefited from North Korean technical support — in what marked the first large-scale direct U.S. Source