PL-10Es and J-10s aren't terribly expensive. If Iran's in it for the long-haul, they've still got options on the table.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/politics/intel-assessment-us-...
In 2016, under the JCPOA, Iran had over 10,000 IR-1 centrifuges in storage and ~5,000 IR-1 in active use. Considering they make them domestically, I don't really know how smart it is to assume the centrifuges are gone for good.
vieques•6h ago
bigyabai•5h ago
2. Eyes in the sky don't tell you much about the damage done to an underground base.
3. Iran had advance notice of the strikes and presumably had a window of opportunity to move any enriched uranium.
4. Iran's centrifuges are domestically made, and they have thousands stashed in storage due to IAEA limits.
5. There was actually that one time where the New York Times leaked Pentagon secrets: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Times_Co._v._United_S...
z3c0•4h ago