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FORDOW FUEL ENRICHMENT PLANT
U.S. strikes on nuclear sites
Tehran
Natanz
Isfahan
Fordow
IRAN
400km
250 miles

Massive Ordnance Penetrator: 12 dropped, two at each crater

Original tunnel construction 2002-09
Trucks line up days before attack
May have removed uranium
Suspected tunnel extension – may be more extensive
Perimeter road
200m
650 ft
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Tunnel entrances
Support building
Blast/debris traps
In event of airstrike
Suspected ventilation structure
Equipment/service support hall
Main centrifuge cascade hall
Centrifuges believed largely intact

Maximum penetration of single MOP bomb
Tunnels at Isfahan may be deeper
60m
80-90m
Centrifuge hall

Sources: ISIS, CNN, Reuters
Pictures: Apple Maps
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