Satellite image of the Iranian site at Fordow, taken earlier this year. (Credit: AFP)
It is at the heart of the anti-Iranian nuclear obsession in Israel and the United States. To reach it, one must penetrate a mountain of hard rock and then descend an endless spiral tunnel leading 100 meters underground. Reaching the site also requires breaking through a reinforced concrete enclosure. The Fordow site, located 200 kilometers south of Tehran, is Iran's second uranium enrichment center, after Natanz. Since the start of the war launched by Israel against Iran five days ago, 15,000 centrifuges have already been damaged or destroyed at the latter, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Better protected, Fordow supposedly only suffered surface damage so far. And from the U.S. to Israel, all eyes are now on it.Necessary support from the United StatesIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday...
It is at the heart of the anti-Iranian nuclear obsession in Israel and the United States. To reach it, one must penetrate a mountain of hard rock and then descend an endless spiral tunnel leading 100 meters underground. Reaching the site also requires breaking through a reinforced concrete enclosure. The Fordow site, located 200 kilometers south of Tehran, is Iran's second uranium enrichment center, after Natanz. Since the start of the war launched by Israel against Iran five days ago, 15,000 centrifuges have already been damaged or destroyed at the latter, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Better protected, Fordow supposedly only suffered surface damage so far. And from the U.S. to Israel, all eyes are now on it.Necessary support from the United StatesIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on...
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