ISRAEL’S military planners have been forced to conclude that a
conventional assault on Iran’s nuclear facilities might fail after
evidence emerged that Tehran has hidden far more of its uranium
enrichment capacity beneath a mountain than previously suspected.
Western
defence experts say much of Iran’s Fordow enrichment site near the city
of Qom is now deep underground in a “zone of immunity” safe from
conventional airstrikes.
They claim this narrows Israel’s response
to two options: the deployment of special forces in a ground attack, or
the use of ballistic missiles carrying small tactical nuclear warheads.
The
phrase zone of immunity was coined by Ehud Barak, the defence minister,
to emphasise that time is running out for Israel as Iran moves closer
to being able to make a nuclear weapon.
“Israel’s plans have been constantly evolving in recent years according to the progress Iran is making," said said a senior defence source.
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