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A “very beautiful” attack
We’re learning more about Israel’s attack on Iran’s nuclear facility at Natanz. Initially, the event was reported as a cyber attack and cyber may, in fact, have played a part. However, explosives were the main component. The Jerusalem Post reports that the attack was carried out through a device smuggled into the facility and detonated remotely. The explosives reportedly took out both the primary and backup electrical systems. (At Natanz, the electrical substation reportedly is 40 to 50 meters below ground.) The initial explosion is believed to have set off secondary explosions, causing even greater damage.
(IRIB via AP)
Ed wrote about the attack on Iran’s Natanz nuclear enrichment site yesterday. The U.S. has claimed to have no role whatsoever in the attack and the Iranians are directly blaming the Mossad. Today the Jerusalem Post has a bit more on the explosion that took out the underground electrical system that powers the centrifuges used to enrich uranium.
Fereydoon Abbasi-Davani, former head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, told Iranian media on Monday that the attack hit an electrical substation located deep underground and managed to damage both the power distribution system and the cable leading to the centrifuges in order to cut power to them.