Why Tucker Carlson Isn’t All Wrong on Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain
Summary
The article examines the difficulty of striking Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain, an underground facility near Natanz that Israeli intelligence assessments say may house uranium-enrichment equipment and enriched uranium. It says the site’s depth and defenses could make it harder to destroy than other Iranian nuclear facilities, while noting that Tucker Carlson offered no evidence for his claim that a nuclear strike is being considered.Key Facts
- President Donald Trump said U.S. forces might have to “go after” Pickaxe Mountain and called it no “big deal.”
- Pickaxe Mountain, also known as Mount Kolang, is near Iran’s Natanz nuclear enrichment facility.
- Israeli intelligence assessments say Iran moved uranium-enrichment centrifuges to the site after earlier strikes and may have moved enriched uranium there as well.
- The facility’s halls and tunnels are estimated to be at least 300 feet beneath solid granite.
- The article says Israel lacks bombs capable of attacking the site and questions whether the U.S. Massive Ordnance Penetrator bombs used against Fordow could destroy it.
- The White House said Carlson has no insight into military planning or the president’s thinking.
- The article says Iran has designed and reinforced the facility’s entrances and could clear blockages after an attack.
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