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US nuclear strike likely unable to destroy Iran's Pickaxe Mountain, analyst says
Original: 🇺🇸🇮🇷 Even America’s biggest nuclear warhead probably can’t reach Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain, and firing one would hand Tehran the bomb it doesn’t yet have Steven Starr, who studies nuclear weapons effects for the Los Alamos Study Group, ran the numbers
Steven Starr, a nuclear weapons effects researcher with the Los Alamos Study Group, calculated that even America's largest nuclear warhead would probably fail to penetrate Iran's Pickaxe Mountain nuclear site. He argues an attempted strike would also risk pushing Tehran to build the bomb it does not yet possess. The analysis is feeding debate over military options against Iran's hardened nuclear facilities.
Why now: Renewed concern over whether US military options against Iran's deeply buried nuclear sites are viable.
IranUnited StatesSteven StarrLos Alamos Study GroupPickaxe Mountain
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