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Trump's Threat to Bomb Pickaxe Mountain

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On July 22, Trump threatened to bomb Iran’s deeply buried Pickaxe Mountain nuclear facility near Natanz; the report says conventional US bunker busters cannot reach it. The report does not say whether the threatened strike was carried out or abandoned.

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    1. Update 1Pickaxe Mountain: the 100-Metre Target the US Says It Can Hit, and Cannot Yet Prove It Can

    The story so far

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      Pickaxe Mountain: the 100-Metre Target the US Says It Can Hit, and Cannot Yet Prove It Can

      Trump is threatening a strike on a fortified Iranian nuclear site buried deep in a mountain. The only number anyone can agree on is the depth — and that is precisely the problem.

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      • Whether the US has publicly identified the weapon system and intelligence picture that would be used against the site, and whether that combination can reach the reported depth.
      • What the facility is intended to hold and how far construction has progressed inside the mountain.
      • What diplomatic off-ramp, if any, is being negotiated in parallel with the threat.

    History

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    Who's involved

    People

    • Donald TrumpPresident of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)1 report
    • John N. KennedyAmerican politician; United States senator from Louisiana (born 1951)1 report
    • Pete HegsethUnited States Secretary of Defense1 report

    Places

    • Natanz Nuclear FacilityAhmadabad, نطنز،استان اصفهان،، PPGG+58V, Iran1 report

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