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U.S. testing new weapons to strike Iran’s nuclear program on their own mountains.
Iran has accelerated construction at the deeply buried Pickaxe Mountain site, CNN reports
The activity has raised concerns that Iran may be turning the facility into a uranium enrichment site.
The site is buried deep beneath solid granite, and the US currently has no known bunker-buster weapon capable of reaching it.
Granite is extremely hard, making it a major barrier for conventional bunker-busting weapons.
Pentagon has created a highly secretive task force to speed up development of a new weapon that could potentially reach the facility.
US also awarded an emergency $1.2 million contract for weapons testing at a classified underground test range in New Mexico, linked to simulating strikes on Iran's deepest bunkers.
Even a tactical nuclear weapon would not guarantee the complete destruction of a facility buried this deep and built to withstand powerful attacks.
Saudis haven’t bombed Sana’a yetStill refraining from hitting the critical Aramco oil infrastructure near Riyadh or the loading terminals of Yanbu.
Those are the prize jewels of Saudi Arabia.