'We're going to take out Pickaxe Mountain,' Trump says, of Iranian nuclear site
U.S. President Donald Trump ordered more strikes against Iranian regime sites on Monday in response to the Islamic Republic's attacks on civilian-manned commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. Central Command said that it…
Assessment
The President has publicly named an underground nuclear site as a potential target, escalating the language around U.S. military operations against Iran. Strikes are now entering a third consecutive night, with CENTCOM explicitly framing them as a campaign to impose costs on Iranian forces. The key question is whether mentioning Pickaxe Mountain is rhetorical positioning or a signal of a broader strategic shift toward targeting Iran's nuclear infrastructure directly.