Hopefully, the U.S. airstrikes on the Iranian nuclear development sites were highly successful and destroyed Iran's capability to develop nuclear weapons. Our military performed well to complete a complex operation.
Some members of the Administration said the U.S. strike destroyed the Iranian nuclear sites, which I hope is accurate. The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) initial damage assessment report said the sites were partially destroyed, entrances were blocked, and Iran's nuclear development program was pushed back a few months. Also, the UN nuclear watchdog chief said Iran could be enriching Uranium again in a few months.
It will be interesting to see the DIA final damage assessment report.
An Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson said the sites were destroyed. Since Iran tends to distort the truth, it lends credence to the DIA report of lighter damage to the sites. Iran wants the U.S. and Israel to believe their nuclear weapons development program was put out of action to avoid follow-up attacks. It is hoping to be able to continue its nuclear weapons development program unhindered by outside intervention.
If Iran is able to continue its nuclear weapons development program, we might have to conduct a follow-up attack. However, it might take an Israeli sophisticated fly-in air and ground operation to destroy the Iranian sites. Additionally, the Iranian drone manufacturing facilities should be destroyed. They provide drones to Russia to attack Ukraine.