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Matt Bracken compares the rhetoric about Iran to the 2005 talking points regarding North Korea's nuclear program. He argues that Iran is 14 times larger than North Korea and possesses mountain complexes bored into thousands of feet of solid granite. Bracken asserts that U.S. bunker-buster bombs are ineffective against these facilities and that a ground invasion would require a drafted army of millions to face a "Swiss-style" mountain defense.
Iran is described as a highly sophisticated nation that has mastered boring machines to build missile cities deep under granite mountains. These fortifications are reportedly immune to standard bunker-buster bombs, which can only penetrate a fraction of the depth. The narrative emphasizes that the Persians are "extremely smart people" who have successfully mass-produced advanced drone and missile technology despite international sanctions.
