Iran believed it was indestructible… The US just destroyed it from within in a single night

Iran’s greatest power lay beneath the mountains.

The underground missile cities, built over decades, were considered impregnable and indestructible.

But in a single night this belief crumbled.

The United States targeted the heart of Iran’s underground missile empire, and the system began to collapse from within.

The second phase of the war between the United States and Iran has begun, and this phase is proving to be much more intense compared to the first.

In the first phase, air defense networks were paralyzed, electronic warfare centers were attacked, and naval assets in the Strait of Hormus were targeted.

However, the second phase was different.

This time the targets were at the heart of the underground missile empire that Iran has been building for 40 years.

On the night of March 27, 2026, as darkness fell, four B stealth bombers, two Spirits, took off from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri.

Each one carried the heaviest conventional weapon in the United States .

The BE2 targets were critical underground facilities in the Teeran, Isfahan and Yas regions, as well as missile depots that stretched along the coastal strip.

The structural collapse of the facility has been documented with images.

The fourth objective, and perhaps strategically the most urgent, was not underground, but on the coast.

In a large underground storage facility near the Strait of Hormus, there was a significant number of ballistic missiles stored in high density, especially stockpiles of anti-ship missiles that threatened maritime traffic.

Iran could target oil tankers and commercial vessels passing through the strait with missiles from this depot.

This was the physical power behind its greatest strategic asset for decades, and the ability to hold 20% of the world’s oil trade as a reserve depended on this deposit.

According to reports, secondary explosions triggered by the X E B57 attack caused a chain reaction of fires.

The self-destruction of the ammunition created an unstoppable chain of explosions, likely destroying a large part of the arsenal.

This attack appears to have significantly weakened Iran’s ability to use the Strait of Hormus as a weapon, but the underground front was not the only one.

A high price was also exacted at sea .

That same night, the CG Navy’s fleets of ships were attacked with precision-guided munitions .

Fast attack craft, patrol boats and coastal defense assets were systematically attacked.

According to SENCOM data, more than 150 Iranian ships or vessels were damaged or destroyed during the conflict.

This figure indicates that Iran’s coastal defense capabilities have been largely neutralized.

The US amphibious assault ship Tripoli and 3,500 Marines arrived in the region.

and now they are ready for coastal operations.

Iran’s defense planners are forced to manage simultaneous crises on multiple fronts, and attacking was not enough.

The coalition also paralyzed repair capabilities.

The Desful missile base in Husstan province is the most striking example of this strategy.

This enormous missile city had already collapsed in previous attacks.

As Iranian teams tried to clear debris and reopen roads, bulldozers became the target of precision drone strikes.

The Sentcom message was clear.

There are no repairs.

Debris removal vehicles were attacked.

Transport routes were blocked and the logistics chain was systematically cut.

The regime’s underground doctrine was based on the assumption that even if you are attacked, you can repair it.

Now, the repair team is also a target.

The repair staff is at risk and that assumption has completely collapsed.

four underground targets, naval power and repair capability, all in a single night, in a single operational flow.

The underground production complex, protected by a deep tunnel system around Teeran, served as the final assembly line for the ballistic missile bodies, the last stop in the serial production of the Shahab and Sejil variants.

A target whose coordinates were determined with millimeter precision as a result of months of satellite surveillance and signals intelligence by US and Israeli intelligence.

The GB U57 was launched from high altitude.

It penetrated the mountain’s rocky structure and layers of reinforced concrete and reportedly detonated at a depth of 50 m.

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The seismic wave reportedly disabled the assembly lines and the pressure from the explosion also collapsed the support infrastructure.

The information received included that the facility’s ventilation ducts were sealed, the electrical system was deactivated, and the personnel inside had to be evacuated.

A multi- billion dollar infrastructure could have effectively collapsed with a single bomb.

Iranian teams were only able to reach the area hours later to assess the damage, but the assembly line alone doesn’t mean much.

A missile body without an engine is useless.

The second target in Isfahan province was a rocket engine testing complex, a critical center where propulsion systems for the Shahab variants were developed and where the engines were tested and calibrated.

The heart of Iran’s ballistic missile program beat here.

Reports indicate that the explosion of the GU57 at a depth of 150 feet completely destroyed the equipment.

The fires disabled the ventilation system and the sensitive calibration devices in the test chambers were damaged.

Although the Iranian side has tried to downplay the damage, independent satellite data paints a different picture.

The damage is assessed as permanent, and it is believed that the production chain was broken at this point.

The third attack reached the deepest point of the operation.

This attack on the underground facility that processes cruise missile components in the Justo region of the operation, where the GBU57 achieved a penetration of 200 feet, appears to have shown total effectiveness.

It is claimed that the thermobaric effect activated the facility’s oxygen system and that the resulting chain reaction destroyed both the production area and the storage section.

This attack may have directly weakened Iran’s asymmetric cruise missile capability.

It was the source of production of the munitions supplied to Esbolah and the Uti’s.

The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran claimed there was a limited impact, but independent satellite data does not support this claim.

The four links in the production chain, final assembly, teerá, engine production, isfahan, component processing, jazz and Ormous storage, cannot function independently.

The simultaneous attack on the four sites appears to have strategically crippled Iran’s missile capabilities; the collapse of the three underground missile production facilities and the strategic depot in the Strait of Hormus signifies the disruption of a production and supply chain from its epicenter.

The simultaneous closure of different facilities where missile bodies, engines, and guidance systems are produced will create a supply bottleneck that will last for months.

In military production, the component assembly process is based on precise synchronization.

While the failure of a single link can halt the entire assembly line, Operation Epic Fury shattered three key links in this chain at the same time.

This situation leads to land-based missile batteries running out of ammunition and ships at sea waiting without ammunition.

This scenario constitutes a large-scale strategic strangulation operation from a military perspective.

Furthermore, we see that the operation not only destroyed the existing facilities, but also crippled their repair capabilities.

For example, what happened at the Desful missile base in Husestan province shows how methodical this strategy is.

At this base, which had already collapsed in previous attacks, heavy machinery and excavators attempting to clear roads and remove debris were attacked with precision fire from drones in the air.

This action not only aims to destroy a facility, but also seeks to eliminate the other party’s hope of recovery, regrouping, and reconstruction.

Hitting a base causes damage, but targeting the equipment and vehicles sent to repair it drags the logistics system into a state of psychological impotence.

Road closures, the inability of aid to reach the area, and the paralysis of infrastructure eliminate the system’s capacity to renew itself.

This systematic obstruction accelerates the process of collapse of the military infrastructure.

From the perspective of the internal front, the seismic shock waves and massive underground explosions appear to have caused a serious fracture in perception both among the civilian population and in the Revolutionary Guard.

For decades, the Iranian state has been instilling in its people and country the idea that the tunnels and shelters under the mountains were impregnable.

These underground cities were presented as physical proof of the regime’s myth of invincibility .

However, the bunker-buster munitions carried by the B2 bombers shattered this illusion in seconds.

Seeing the mountains that people relied on for their safety and believed to be impregnable, turned into tombs, creates a profound atmosphere of panic.

The fact that even the deep shelters where command meetings are held are no longer secure fuels paranoia among the leaders.

What has disappeared is not just the ammunition depots, but the very promise of state security.

Developments on the maritime front also constitute another pillar of the logistical strangulation strategy.

The destruction of the underground depot in the Strait of Hormus and the neutralization of more than 150 naval vessels show how a power that threatens global trade routes has been asymmetrically weakened.

The strait is one of the main arteries of the world’s oil trade.

The ability to threaten maritime traffic there with anti-ship missiles was an important geopolitical asset in Iran’s hands.

The destruction of this depot means that this base can no longer be played on the field.

The sinking of fast attack craft and patrol boats not only restricts the maneuvering space of naval forces, but also weakens the defense of the coastal strip.

Halting military mobility significantly changes the power dynamics in the Gulf, in favor of the United States and its allies.

The fact that naval assets are confined to ports or unable to go to sea for fear of being attacked is proof that the strangulation strategy also works at sea.

Air traffic management and logistical support carried out behind the scenes for all these operations are also among the factors that magnify this effect.

The increase in the number of B1, B and B52 bombers deployed at RAF Fairford in the UK clearly showed that this was not a routine rotation, but rather preparation for a long-term air campaign.

Instead of intercontinental flights, concentrating long-range strike forces at points closer to the targets shortens the operation’s reaction time .

This advanced deployment strategy, which allows for constant pressure on the target, is based on the principle of not giving the enemy a moment’s respite.

Thanks to the refueling bridges established over the ocean by aerial refueling aircraft, the B2s were able to carry out their missions without interruption.

This enormous logistical orchestration represents a power projection capability that very few countries in the world possess and is the main deterrent behind the physical destruction created on the ground.

The diplomatic repercussions of this destruction on the ground are also quite severe.

The Trump administration’s strategy is clear: 4 to 6 weeks of intensified conflict, then force negotiations.

The goal is not to completely overthrow the regime, but to weaken its military capacity to the point where returning to the negotiating table is the only option.

The White House considers this timeline unstable, and in case the talks fail, a serious escalation option remains on the table .

This is a classic example of coercive diplomacy.

Iran’s reaction , on the other hand, is completely opposite to the reality on the ground.

The regime’s six-point list of demands included binding guarantees, the closure of US bases, war reparations, a regional ceasefire, a new legal regime in the Strait of Hormus, and the extradition of individuals linked to media operations.

It is seen as a show of force to the domestic audience of a government whose infrastructure has collapsed and whose naval power is paralyzed.

The near-zero probability of these demands being met indicates how arduous the diplomatic process will be.

However, the true strategic impact of epic fury is not limited to Iran alone.

For 40 years, Iran built enormous tunnel cities under the mountains that cost billions of dollars and decades of engineering efforts.

The logic behind this underground empire was simple.

Even if the surface was attacked, the assets under the mountain would survive.

And this logic was partially correct.

Not even the YBU57 could reach the deepest tunnels.

However, the coalition did not attempt to penetrate the deepest tunnels.

Instead, he pointed to production facilities, assembly lines, and storage areas.

In other words, the real source of missile capability.

And it appears that four aircraft and 7 GB U57s largely neutralized this source in a single night.

This message is not only for Teeran, it is also directed at China’s Yulin submarine base, Russia’s Yamantau strategic bunker, and North Korea’s tunnel networks .

Depth and distance can no longer serve as a shield.

Surgical precision was also applied on the nuclear front.

The support infrastructure of the heavy water reactor area in Iraq was attacked, cutting off the plutonium production potential.

Pointing to the yellowcake production lines in Jaust, the raw material processing process was stopped , which is an earlier stage of the nuclear fuel cycle.

While fuel rod storage areas around the Buser plant were under attack, Rosatom issued a security alert and evacuated its personnel.

However, the reactor cores were shielded and no radiation leaks were reported.

Coordination was established with the OAS and the issue of nuclear security was brought to the international stage.

The nuclear cycle was cut off at three points: raw materials, plutonium, and fuel rods, but no environmental disaster was caused.

The message from the United States is clear.

We can control their nuclear capabilities, but we will do so through surgical interventions.

This approach serves as a sophisticated demonstration of deterrence to all nations on the nuclear threshold.

As a result, the sound of engines roaring through the night sky on March 28 was not only a harbinger of bombs, but also the opening sound of a new era in global military balances.

The myth of Iran’s invincibility, hidden beneath the mountains, completely collapsed along with the seismic waves from those bunker-buster munitions.

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The collapse of the underground doctrine, the surgically precise cutting of the infrastructure surrounding the nuclear facilities, and the paralysis of naval power demonstrated to the entire world the asymmetric capabilities of modern air power.

So how will this strategic deadlock and the collapse of defense paradigms shape the military preparations of other actors? This process, in which the cards have been so harshly reshuffled in the Middle East, will lead either to a diplomatic solution or to a deeper geopolitical breakdown .

We will continue to closely monitor where events will evolve within that tight timeline set by Washington.

We’ll examine the results together and see at the end.

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