Operation 'Midnight Hammer': 5 key takeaways from the Pentagon briefing on US bombing Iran

Senior Pentagon officials on Sunday gave a media briefing on 'Operation Midnight Hammer', the codename given to the US' precision strikes on three of Iran's nuclear facilities hours earlier, which marked a dramatic escalation in the Middle East and plunged US-Iran relations to their lowest point since the Iranian Revolution. US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine on Sunday reaffirmed Washington's stance on Tehran's nuclear programme and revealed new details on the covert operation — which was conducted well before the two-week self-imposed deadline set by Trump. The covert operation involved…