The Conversation U.S.<p>The U.S. bombed Iran’s nuclear sites, targeting <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/centrifuges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>centrifuges</span></a> that enrich uranium for weapons.</p><p>A nuclear engineer breaks down why those fast-spinning metal tubes matter and how they make nuclear weapons possible:</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/why-the-us-bombed-a-bunch-of-metal-tubes-a-nuclear-engineer-explains-the-importance-of-centrifuges-to-iranian-efforts-to-build-nuclear-weapons-259883" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/why-the-us</span><span class="invisible">-bombed-a-bunch-of-metal-tubes-a-nuclear-engineer-explains-the-importance-of-centrifuges-to-iranian-efforts-to-build-nuclear-weapons-259883</span></a><br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Military</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>