(Worthy Insights) – Satellite images have captured Iran’s Arak heavy water research reactor with a huge, gaping hole blasted through it after Israel dropped a bomb on the nuclear site — which was built as a key part of the country’s atomic bomb ambitions.
The before and after photos shed light on the damage inflicted on the facility after the Israeli military said it pummeled the nuclear site near Iran’s central city of Arak early Thursday in a targeted attack.
In the aftermath of the blast, one image showed a large crater in the dome of the partially built heavy water research reactor. [ Source (Read More…) ]
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