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On the recordJune 23, 2025
Our hope is that the lesson that the Iranians have learned here is, 'Look, we can fly a bunker-buster bomb from Missouri to Iran, completely undetected without landing once on the ground, and we can destroy whatever nuclear capacity you build up.'
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J.D. Vance
Republican · Ohio

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Vance discusses the effectiveness of U.S. airstrikes on Iran and their deterrent effect.

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