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Fordow: What we know about Iran’s secretive ‘nuclear mountain’ – and how Israel might try to destroy it
Housing hundreds of centrifuges buried deep underground, much of the Fordow plant is shrouded in mystery. Now its heavy protections could be put to the test.

A satellite image shows the Fordow nuclear facility. Pic: Maxar Technologies/Reuters

Key sites at Fordow including tunnel entrances

Centrifuge machines at Natanz – similar to ones held at Fordow. Pic: AP

A GBU-57 bunker buster bomb seen in 2023. File pic: US Air Force/AP
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