operation

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Two B-52H’s were also used to hit Baghdad’s power stations and communications facilities in 1996 during Operation Desert Strike, using air-launched cruise missiles.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

The Department of Homeland Security called Operation Metro Surge the largest operation in agency history when it deployed thousands of federal officials—from such agencies as Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

Operation rates for the area’s fertilizer makers — as well as questions around whether they sustained any damage during the conflict and how quickly they will be able to resume production — are still unclear.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 16, 2026

But he has also said that Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium is so deeply buried in a granite-filled mountain—thanks to last June’s Operation Midnight Hammer bombing raid—that it’s no longer a danger.

From Slate • Jun. 15, 2026

To the Soviet leadership, put on the defensive by Reagan's belligerent rhetoric and by the suspicious information collected by Operation RYaN, the maneuvers seemed terrifyingly real.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau