President Donald Trump has stated that the US will attack Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain facility, a suspected underground nuclear site. Iran has warned that any US attack on its nuclear facilities would be treated as an expansion of the war in the region.
Pickaxe Mountain Facility
Pickaxe Mountain is a heavily fortified facility located deep underground in the center of Iran. The facility is believed to be storing part of Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile and advanced enrichment centrifuges. Construction on the facility began in 2020, and it is not yet operational.
Israeli intelligence believes that Iran moved part of its enriched uranium stockpile and advanced enrichment centrifuges to Pickaxe Mountain after last June’s attacks. The US and Israel have not struck Pickaxe Mountain, despite targeting other Iranian nuclear facilities.
US and Iran Tensions
The US and Iran have been at odds over Iran’s nuclear program, with the US seeking to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. Iran maintains that its nuclear program is solely for peaceful energy purposes.
Analysts have mixed opinions on the situation, with some calling for the US to disable Pickaxe Mountain to prevent Iran from reconstituting its nuclear program. Others doubt the effectiveness of a US attack, given the facility’s deep underground location.
Original reporting: KTVZ (Central Oregon) — read the source article.
