SOCOM Weighing Special Operations Deployment to Secure Iranian Nuclear Materials

Pentagon is considering SOCOM deployment to physically secure Iran's remaining nuclear materials, a mission requiring granular real-time intelligence on facility status, guard force disposition, and contamination levels. The planning indicates IC assessments of dispersed or unsecured fissile material that aerial strikes did not neutralize, directly contradicting the 'obliterated' characterization from both Gabbard and Ratcliffe.