President Donald Trump plans to launch a heavy military strike on Iran’s fortified underground nuclear site at Pickaxe Mountain.
President Donald Trump stated on Tuesday that the U.S. military will soon launch a heavy strike on Pickaxe Mountain, a heavily fortified underground nuclear facility in Iran. Located south of the Natanz enrichment plant, the site is buried at least 100 meters underground to protect it from potential airstrikes. The administration announced that the strike is imminent, with President Trump noting that Iran will have little ability to stop the impending attack. While Israeli intelligence suggests Iran moved a significant portion of its enriched uranium stockpile and advanced centrifuges to the site following previous bombings, Iran maintains the facility is intended for peaceful energy purposes. Tehran warned that any U.S. attack on the facility would be treated as an expansion of the regional war, potentially affecting the interests of American allies. Analysts suggest that while the deep burial of the facility makes it a difficult target, the U.S. can exploit vulnerabilities in its ventilation, power supply, and tunnel complexes to weaken Iran's nuclear capabilities.