Thousands of US troops could storm Iran’s nuclear sites to seize enriched uranium, according to New York Post
The Pentagon is contemplating what could become “the most sophisticated operation in military history” to seize Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium, the New York Post reported on Saturday, citing sources.
A source familiar with the matter told the outlet that the plan would send thousands of ground troops to storm heavily fortified nuclear sites, with a small team of elite commandos tasked with the actual retrieval.
The exact whereabouts of Iran’s enriched uranium – which could be key to creating nuclear weapons – are unclear. Tehran has four major nuclear facilities at Fordo, Natanz, Isfahan, and Pickaxe Mountain, with the former three coming under US-Israeli strikes last year. Out of an estimated 440kg of enriched uranium, roughly 200 kilograms are believed to be stored in deep tunnels outside Isfahan, with additional quantities thought to be at Natanz.
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