Trump wants to strike Iran's Pickaxe Mountain: Why the secret N-site won't be easy to destroy

Pickaxe Mountain escaped both the June 2025 Operation Midnight Hammer strikes and subsequent US-Israeli military operations this year.US President Donald Trump has signalled that Iran's heavily fortified Pickaxe Mountain nuclear complex could be the next target of American strikes, describing it as a possible target for "a nice, big, fat shot right in the front door". The remarks come as Washington intensifies military operations against Iran while keeping the door open to a negotiated settlement.Trump's comments have once again drawn attention to one of the most secretive sites in Iran's nuclear infrastructure. Buried deep beneath a mountain near the Natanz nuclear facility, Pickaxe Mountain has long been viewed by Western intelligence agencies as one of Iran's most hardened nuclear-relat