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NETANYAHU’S NUCLEAR DEMAND: FORMER DIPLOMAT EXPOSES THE IMPOSSIBLE HIT Former British diplomat Alastair Crooke joins to examine reports that Benjamin Netanyahu is pressing Donald Trump for a tactical nuclear strike on Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain facility in the days after the midterms. Crooke, drawing on Israeli media and the physics of the site, explains why such a weapon cannot reach the buried target. The mountain is granite and the facilities sit far deeper than any tactical device can go. What does a former diplomat see that the briefings keep missing? THE NUCLEAR DEMAND ➡️ Netanyahu has been calling Trump almost daily to press for strikes, and Tucker Carlson reports the Israeli leader wants a tactical nuclear hit on Pickaxe Mountain. ➡️ The decision window sits days after the midterms, around November 7. ➡️ Israeli media treat the Qatar-mediated talks as going nowhere while the pressure for a strike continues. THE PENETRATION FAILURE ➡️ “A nuclear tactical nuclear weapon is not a deep penetrating weapon.” ➡️ The best conventional bunker-buster, the B61-11, must be dropped from a C-130 and reaches only about 10 meters into granite. ➡️ Pickaxe Mountain facilities sit at least 100 meters below the surface in solid granite. ➡️ Crooke’s verdict: “It won’t be effective at all. It will probably mostly bounce off the granite wall.” ➡️ Steep slopes make even accurate delivery difficult; the device simply cannot reach the target. THE TELEVISION WEAPON ➡️ The MOAB creates a huge airburst pressure wave designed for caves and canyons, not deep mountain granite. ➡️ Its real value, Crooke notes, is the visible fireball that “will look good on television” so leaders can claim the nuclear program is finished. ➡️ Effectiveness is highly doubtful, yet the claim of success remains easy to broadcast. THE ISRAELI FOLLOW-ON ➡️ If the United States is first to use a nuclear weapon, Israel already possesses nuclear-capable Tomahawks that can be loaded into submarines. ➡️ Those submarines must surface to fire, giving Iran a short detection window. ➡️ Crooke puts the odds of a successful Iranian counter at roughly 50/50. ➡️ Elbridge Colby has been revising the protocols for tactical nuclear use, though the exact status remains unknown. THE BOTTOM LINE A tactical nuclear strike on Pickaxe Mountain is theater that cannot reach the target, yet it risks opening a door Israel is prepared to walk through. Crooke’s warning is simple: the physics do not care about the politics. The mountain does not yield. #NuclearStrike #PickaxeMountain #AlastairCrooke #TacticalNuke #IranWar #Netanyahu #Trump HT: YouTube Danny Haiphong