Trump, Netanyahu Direct Destruction of Iran Nuclear Sites, Leaving 1 Mountain Facility Intact
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 16
Trump, Netanyahu Direct Destruction of Iran Nuclear Sites, Leaving 1 Mountain Facility Intact
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 16
Summary
Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu ordered strikes that the report says destroyed Iran’s nuclear program physical plant, though a new underground site at Pickaxe Mountain was not hit.
The article argues the campaign was driven by the view that Iran’s ruling clerics would not be deterred from building or buying a nuclear weapon and would eventually try again.
Pickaxe Mountain is described as a deep-cavern facility still under construction, underscoring that the operation damaged infrastructure but did not erase Iran’s nuclear know-how.
Drawing on the 1943 Allied sabotage of Norway’s Vemork heavy-water plant, the report frames the strikes as a delay tactic that may buy time rather than permanently end Iran’s program.