Satellite
images show a clear surge this year at the Pickaxe Mountain site, with tunnel
entrances being hardened, roads paved inside, and vehicle traffic spiking
compared to prior years.
The facility, over 100 meters underground and resistant to conventional strikes, was once planned for centrifuge assembly but now focuses on internal reinforcement.
U.S. officials see it as a potential nuclear safe haven, prompting President Trump's warning to Iran and a Pentagon contract for testing deep-target weapons at White Sands.