Nuclear Standoff Intensifies: Special Forces Option, Boobytraps, and Interceptor Constraints

Trump threatens to strike Iran's underground nuclear site at Pickaxe Mountain, and the US is now reportedly mulling sending special forces into Iran to seize or destroy nuclear material—a dangerous new option. Iran has boobytrapped the Isfahan enrichment site, expecting ground incursion. Declining US interceptor stockpiles may limit further airstrike options. IAEA calls for restraint.