# Natanz enrichment facility

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## Timeline

- **2026-07-22**: Iran Issues Warning — Tehran warns that any US attack on Iranian nuclear facilities will be treated as an expansion of the regional war.
- **2026-07-21**: Trump Threatens Attack — President Trump states the US will strike Pickaxe Mountain 'very probably pretty soon.'
- **2025-06**: Strikes on Natanz — US and Israeli forces target the Natanz uranium-enrichment facility and other nuclear sites, prompting a construction surge at Pickaxe Mountain.
- **2020**: Construction Begins — Iran begins building Pickaxe Mountain and declares it to the IAEA as a future centrifuge assembly site.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### Striking Iran's 100m-Deep Pickaxe Mountain: How Space Tech Shapes the Attack
2026-07-22 16:05:35 · Sentiment: Bearish · Impact: 8/10 · Sources: 2

Trump’s threat to bomb Iran’s deeply buried Pickaxe Mountain places unprecedented demands on space-based intelligence, surveillance, and precision-guided munitions. Satellite imagery revealed the 100m-deep complex, and any strike would rely on real-time ISR to hit a facility resistant to all but the most advanced bunker busters. The crisis also risks GPS jamming and anti-satellite retaliation, elevating a regional conflict into the space domain.
Full story: https://getspacebrief.com/story/pickaxe-mountain-space-surveillance-bunker-buster

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