US tests weapon simulating strike on Iran Pickaxe Mountain site

Sensational revelations were brought to light by CNN on September 9, reporting on a secret super-missile test by the Pentagon in the American desert, intended to be deployed against Mount Pickaxe in Iran, which is considered by the US and Israel to be a clandestine nuclear installation.
Specifically, preparations commenced one day prior to the outbreak of the war, when the United States signed, on February 27, an urgent $1.2 million contract for the preparation of an underground testing installation at the White Sands base in New Mexico.
The granite mountain of Iran is deemed to lie beyond the capabilities of even the most powerful non-nuclear bombs in the American arsenal, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
It should be noted that, based on current data, only a tactical nuclear weapon could inflict substantial damage on the facility...
Meanwhile, satellite imagery has come into the possession of the Israelis, documenting a significant increase in construction activity in the area of Mount Pickaxe.
Recent developments include the completion of a perimeter security fence around the entire installation, the reinforcement and expansion of tunnel portals, as well as the continuation of construction operations within the complex.

Bombshell: The Pentagon simulates a strike on Mount Pickaxe with a new super-missile

The Pentagon has reportedly been preparing for months for a live-fire test of a classified weapon designed to strike the nuclear installation of Iran at Mount Pickaxe, according to CNN.
Preparations commenced one day prior to the outbreak of the war, when the United States signed, on February 27, an urgent $1.2 million contract for the preparation of an underground testing installation at the White Sands base in New Mexico.
The contract was incorporated under an «urgent national security directive», according to the American network.

President Donald Trump stated last week that the US «may hit Pickaxe very soon».
The granite mountain is deemed to lie beyond the capabilities of even the most powerful non-nuclear bombs in the American arsenal, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
Under current conditions, only a tactical nuclear weapon could inflict substantial damage on the facility.
Newer satellite imagery documents a significant acceleration of construction work in the Pickaxe area.
The work appears to have shifted from the excavation phase to internal construction and the reinforcement of tunnel portals, while road activity in the area during 2026 appears elevated beyond any previous year.

Mossad has... detected something at Mount Pickaxe

Meanwhile, satellite images that have come into the possession of the Israelis document a significant increase in construction work in the area of Mount Pickaxe in Iran, an installation assessed as intended for uranium enrichment and centrifuge assembly.

«Mount Pickaxe» constitutes an extensive underground tunnel complex located merely two kilometers south of Iran's uranium enrichment facility at Natanz.
Recent developments include the completion of a perimeter security fence around the entire installation, the reinforcement and expansion of tunnel portals, as well as the continuation of construction operations within the complex.

The Americans test a super-missile at White Sands

Satellite imagery reviewed by CNN indicates that between February 16 and February 18 excavation operations began at a remote site in White Sands, operated under the administration of the DTRA and US Strategic Command, for the purpose of testing weapons effects against deeply buried targets.

The timeline aligns with that of the emergency contract: Pate Construction submitted a bid for the testing on February 17 and assumed the project the following day, according to federal procurement registries.
Operations at the remote location, designated as the «Alternate Seismic Hardrock in Situ Test Site», continued until mid-March, as the excavated spoil pile expanded progressively.
This activity appears to have ceased at that point, according to satellite imagery.

The secret lies... in the granite

Like «Mount Pickaxe», the DTRA test site at White Sands is likewise excavated into granite, according to an environmental assessment.
CNN was unable to verify independently whether the test was executed, nor could it confirm the intended purpose of the operations at the DTRA test site observed through satellite imagery.
The Pentagon did not respond immediately to inquiries from CNN, while Pate Construction also did not return calls from a CNN journalist.

The American military maintains operational plans for strikes against «Pickaxe», which formed part of a broader target package reviewed earlier this summer when Trump threatened to escalate the conflict with Iran, according to a source familiar with the matter. The strike plan for «Pickaxe» anticipated the deployment of some of the heaviest ordnance in the American arsenal, although it remains unclear whether these munitions can penetrate sufficiently deep underground to destroy whatever Iran may have relocated there, the source added.

«Planning Sprint» against Iran by the Pentagon

Efforts to draft plans for critical strikes against subterranean installations are ongoing, as a source familiar with the issue informed CNN that officials from the US Department of Defense recently held a «planning sprint» regarding the matter.
The installation at «Mount Pickaxe» is «likely» designed for one of three purposes, all related to the nuclear program of Iran, according to the analysis by CSIS.

It could represent a centrifuge assembly plant, an enrichment facility, or a hardened sanctuary for other «nuclear weapons-related» activities, such as converting uranium into metallic form.
In their report, CSIS analysts argued that operations at the site «have shifted from active excavation toward, potentially, internal construction and the continuation of external reinforcement».

Intensive operations by the Revolutionary Guards at the «nuclear Pickaxe Mountain»

At «Mount Pickaxe», 2026 witnessed «the heaviest road activity» ever identified, while additional operations encompassed «elevating and reinforcing (tunnel) portals, paving the internal road grid, revetting around access areas, as well as leveling and removing» spoil during tunnel construction, according to the report.

Analysts from CSIS warned that the «ongoing construction operations» observed at «Mount Pickaxe», among other factors, indicate that the area «is not yet in a position to execute enrichment operations, if that is the intended objective».

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