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美成功打擊伊朗核設施?衛星圖見6巨坑 專家一看皺眉了

美成功打擊伊朗核設施?衛星圖見6巨坑 專家一看皺眉了

Yahoo23-06-2025
美軍21日凌晨發動空襲,針對伊朗福爾多(Fordow)等三處核心核子設施展開「午夜鐵鎚行動」(Operation Midnight Hammer),根據商業衛星影像顯示,核設施遭美軍巨型鑽地炸彈(MOP)重擊,地底深處的濃縮鈾離心機可能已被摧毀,但目前仍無法完全確認實際破壞程度。
前聯合國核檢查員、現美國科學暨國際安全研究所(Institute for Science and International Security)所長歐布萊特(David Albright)指出,美軍出動B-2轟炸機投下14枚重達3萬磅的GBU-57鑽地炸彈成功打穿核設施,「該設施應該已經報銷」。
不過,CNA Corporation衛星圖像專家艾弗列斯(Decker Eveleth)提醒,由於設施埋藏極深,光靠衛星影像難以評估下方破壞情況。根據Maxar Technologies拍攝的影像顯示,福爾多核設施山脊上有六個整齊排列的彈坑,推測為兩波鑽地炸彈「雙重打擊」所致,周遭地表有大量翻動痕跡與塵土覆蓋。
Comparison of imagery before and after the strikes reveal changes to the terrain above the Fordow Nuclear Facility. Including subsidence, or the collapse of earth, along the ridgeline above the site and possible missile entry points on the side of the mountain. pic.twitter.com/0LY4ebsjNm
— Open Source Centre (@osc_london) June 22, 2025
但讓專家更擔憂的是,伊朗可能早在美軍攻擊前,已將大量高達60%、接近武器級的高濃縮鈾轉移至秘密地點,根據《路透社》(Reuters)報導,一名伊朗高層人士透露,大量高濃縮鈾已於空襲前撤離福爾多,Maxar衛星圖像也顯示,19日至20日福爾多出現「異常活動」,設施入口外排起長龍車輛,疑似為緊急轉移核材料。
核專家路易斯(Jeffrey Lewis)指出,美軍此番行動最多只能將伊朗核計畫「延後數年」,而非徹底摧毀,「我們幾乎可以確定,伊朗還有我們尚未知曉的秘密核設施。」
除福爾多外,美軍空襲也波及納坦茲(Natanz)與伊斯法罕(Isfahan)核設施,根據衛星資料,伊斯法罕設施遭美國戰斧巡弋飛彈重創,納坦茲則被疑似鑽地彈擊中地底濃縮廳上方,可能造成嚴重損害。不過,歐布萊特質疑,針對伊斯法罕使用巡弋飛彈的破壞力不足,難以穿透比福爾多更深的地下隧道系統。
伊朗近日曾通報國際原子能總署(IAEA),將於伊斯法罕設立新濃縮設施,計劃安裝多達2000~3000座離心機,外界憂心相關設施是否已轉移至其他未被掌握的秘密地點。
目前,伊朗國會已威脅退出《核武禁擴條約》(NPT),結束與IAEA的合作,專家憂心,國際社會恐將「對伊朗正在做什麼一無所知」,中東局勢恐再次升高,美國與以色列雖表明將阻止伊朗發展核武,但若未能徹底摧毀其關鍵設施,伊朗未來恐得以快速重啟核計畫。
(封面圖/取自Unsplash)
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