Could it be attacked by the US and Israel? One nonproliferation expert, Andrea Stricker, told CNN that Trump should act to disable Pickaxe Mountain to prevent Iran from “reconstituting an enrichment or nuclear weapons option, and having access to thousands of centrifuges that represent the remnants of its nuclear program.” While a ground operation would be complex, the ISIS report pointed out several possible avenues for attack. The secretive facility would need ventilation, heating, cooling, deliveries, power supply, and personnel – which all present “vulnerabilities that the U.S. and Israel would seem to be able to exploit,” it said. Strikes, though, may not have the desired impact because the core part of the facility is likely deeply buried. James Acton, who co-leads the Carnegie Endowment’s nuclear policy work, posted on X that he doubts the US can do much more than collapse access tunnels at the Pickaxe Mountain facility. “That isn’t a game changer,” Acton said.
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What is Pickaxe Mountain, Iran’s secretive facility Trump says the US will attack ‘pretty soon’? President Donald Trump continues to claim that the US will attack Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain – turning attention to the suspected underground nuclear site where Israel believes Tehran has stored part of its enriched uranium stockpile and advanced enrichment centrifuges. “We’ll be hitting that area very probably pretty soon. And there’s not a thing they can do about it,” Trump said on Tuesday. In response, Tehran warned that that any US attack on Iranian nuclear facilities would be treated as an expansion of the war in the region, state media reported early Wednesday. Here’s what we know about Pickaxe Mountain
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Impeachment court pina-subpoena 2 ex-Landbank managers MANILA, Philippines — Ipapatawag ng Senate impeachment court ang dalawang dating opisyal ng Land Bank of the Philippines para dumalo sa impeachment trial ni Vice President Sara Duterte sa Hulyo 29, 2026. Inatasan ni Senate impeachment presiding officer Sen. Francis Escudero na maglabas ng subpoena nitong Miyerkules ng gabi para kina Violeta Constantino at Nenita Camposano, dating managers ng Landbank-Shaw Boulevard (Mandaluyong City) branch at DepEd branch. Ipiprisinta sila ng House Prosecution panel bilang testigo sa kasong nakasaad sa Article 1 ng apat na Articles of Impeachment laban kay Duterte—culpable violation of the Constitution, graft and corruption, at betrayal of public trust. Kaugnay ito sa umano’y maling paggamit ng P612.5 milyong confidential at intelligence funds ng Office of the Vice President (OVP) at Department of Education (DepEd) noong siya pa ang kalihim.
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