New satellite images show Iran racing to fortify one of its most secretive nuclear sites. US President Donald Trump recently threatened to hit the heavily fortified Pickaxe site near the Natanz nuclear facility in central Iran — renewing a threat he had first made back in late July.
The granite mountain, however, presents a difficult target — even for the Pentagon's "heaviest non-nuclear" bombs.
There are signs the US military is reportedly developing a "next generation penetrator" bomb to succeed the current Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), one potentially capable of hitting even more deeply buried targets.
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