Irans Pickaxe Mountain in Trumps sights

President Trump’s best option to stop Iran from rebooting its nuclear weapons program is to take out the entrances to Pickaxe Mountain, where Iran’s busy nuke activities can be seen from above, says a nuclear expert who’s been eyeing the site.“One set of tunnels is hardened and filled with dirt and rock.

The other is still open –  we see some trucks ongoing construction vehicles coming in and out,” Iran nuclear expert Andrea Stricker told The Post as the world prepared for another furious round of US military strikes, with the underground site in President Trump’s sights.Whether another round of strikes happens remains to be seen.Iran says it’s in the final stages of a deal with and Oman to partially ensure travel through the Strait of Hormuz, Trump has threatened Iran with “decapitation” if it doesn’t make a deal, and has said the US still has “massive” amounts of munitions at its disposal despite leaks to the contrary.Bunker-buster bombs might not be able to penetrate up to 450 feet down, after The Post and Wall Street Journal reported Israel claimed to have intelligence of Iran moving centrifuges into the secret mountain fortress.A “boots on the ground” operation to seize the material is risky – although it does offer a way to place explosives in an optimal location deep underground.

Getting to the bottom is like descending a 38-story condo building.“Who knows how far down you’d have to go,” Stricker, who directs the nonproliferation program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said.That leaves the air strike option as among the best bets.

“They could try the bunker busters (munitions).They could try exploiting ventilation shafts which are visible at Pickaxe They may be less effective because they’re trying to plummet through 300 to 450 feet of granite,” she noted.“If they’re not effective, you could be left with the options of simply destroying the tunnel entrances with precision munitions.” That co...