US Bombing Of Iran May Have Been Straight Out Of A Classic Movie

The United States’ latest military operation against Iran looked less like standard battlefield doctrine — and more like something ripped out of Top Gun or Star Wars.

On Saturday night, the U.S. launched a coordinated aerial assault on Iran’s top nuclear facilities — Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan — using a combination of Tomahawk cruise missiles and six massive 30,000-pound “bunker busters.” The strikes were announced by President Trump, who said the goal was to destroy Iran’s nuclear enrichment capabilities and halt the regime’s growing atomic threat.

Though deadly serious in its objective, the mission’s intensity drew immediate pop culture comparisons.

If only there was a play-by-play on how to defeat Iran. Oh wait, there is. It’s the plot of Top Gun Maverick. Soldiers drop bunker busters on an undisclosed location in the Middle East that is developing nuclear weapons capability. pic.twitter.com/uPryMqJcwF

— Jessica Costescu (@JessicaCostescu) June 20, 2025

Footage of the missiles lighting up the sky and weaving through Iran’s mountainous terrain sparked social media chatter comparing the attack to the trench run on the Death Star in “Star Wars: A New Hope,” and the low-altitude bombing runs from “Top Gun: Maverick.” (RELATED: How The US Crippled Iran’s Nuclear Program In One, Clandestine Attack)

(Or Star Wars) pic.twitter.com/Iikx4Qi34q

— John Hasson (@SonofHas) June 22, 2025

The Fordow facility — built deep into a mountain — has long been considered nearly impenetrable. Its destruction by U.S. bombers mimicked scenes where impossible targets are hit against overwhelming odds, a hallmark of both military blockbusters.

Hollywood script writers who say they are ‘Jewish’ have been planting the mental seeds for war with Iran for years, including in Top Gun Maverick, Homeland, 24, and in the DreamWorks film on Julian Assange ‘The Fifth Estate’. Excerpt from Oxford Union speech, 30 January 2013.… pic.twitter.com/mVfsTQKW5e

— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) June 22, 2025

The Pentagon has not released operational details, but early reports confirmed that all U.S. aircraft returned safely. Trump praised the strike’s success, saying “Our objective was the destruction of Iran’s nuclear enrichment capacity.”

As political fallout grows — including calls for impeachment from top Democrats — the mission itself is being hailed by supporters as both a strategic and cinematic show of force.