Why an Attack on Fordow Could Be a Strategic Gift to Iran

National Security Journal ^ | 6/19/2025 | Andrew Latham

[Dr. Franklin]

That will scare the hell out of them.

[Myrddin]

The best course of action short of doing nothing is to go ahead and make the change and see who squawks.

After 48 years as a software developer, I've been on both ends of that choice. Sometimes you even get squawks after comprehensive testing. The stakes with Fordo are a bit higher than a whining end user with a laptop that is way behind on patches.

[xone]

We have 20 of them.

And you have 4 published sites. B-2 can carry 2/per, 6 B-2s in theater, sounds like 4 to spare. JMEMMS says one thing, no one knows how deep they are, but there obviously are access corridors. Close them, tip over some shelves, probably take care of itself.