Posted: 21st June 2025
The Pentagon has reportedly assessed that the only weapon that could destroy a nuclear facility in Iran deemed by war hawks to be a key part of Iran’s nuclear program is a nuclear bomb — an intensely ironic finding in a war fought over the pretense of stopping nuclear proliferation. According to U.S. sources cited by The Guardian, defense officials have been told that only a “tactical nuclear weapon” could penetrate deep enough underground to destroy Fordow, a nuclear facility reportedly built inside a mountain in northwestern Iran.