, jennifer griffin at the pentagon what israel s intent was here and whether it succeeded. neil according to u.s. military sources the target of the israeli strike was an iran military base near the nuclear facility it was not the nuclear facilities themselves the israelis hit what they intended to strike i am told based on the initial bomb damage assessment reports from the iranians said the explosions were a result of their air defence interceptions, not true, the targets within this strike included iran air defence systems at the air base including those used to protect nearby nuclear facilities it was a message to iran that we can reach out and touch you the russian-made air defence systems were shown to be ineffective there was one target but multiple strikes within that target i am told, the iranian military base with its air defence systems the israelis used missiles and unmanned aircraft, in other words no