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2026年3月4日，伊朗伊斯法罕上空可见烟雾（社交媒体图片）
据七名现任和前任熟悉军事规划的官员向CNN透露，特朗普政府一直在讨论的一项目标——回收伊朗剩余的高浓缩铀库存（据信存放在地下深处的一个储存设施中）——需要大量美军地面部队，而非仅依靠小规模特种作战力量。
消息人士称，去年6月美军对伊朗三个核设施发动的轰炸并未摧毁伊朗全部可用于制造核武器的高浓缩铀库存，其中大部分被认为存放在伊朗伊斯法罕核设施，另有部分位于纳坦兹核设施。特朗普总统已将彻底消除伊朗核能力列为其战争目标之一。
如果特朗普政府推进回收铀的行动，这可能标志着美军地面部队首次大规模介入该行动，这将使大量士兵置身险境，执行一项需转移或安全处置数吨高放射性材料的复杂任务。
两名消息人士表示，伊朗人一直在设法进入伊斯法罕核设施的地下隧道，该设施在去年美军打击后数月内，伊朗方面一直在清理地上建筑废墟并进入隐藏铀的地下隧道。联合国核监督机构负责人拉斐尔·格罗西周一表示，伊朗约有200公斤高浓缩铀可能仍在伊斯法罕，部分也存放在纳坦兹核设施。
高浓缩铀是一种两用材料，伊朗称其仅用于和平能源目的，但浓缩至约90%以上阈值即可用于制造核武器。根据国际原子能机构数据，伊朗当前铀浓缩水平约为60%。
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特朗普多次表示，绝不允许伊朗拥有核武器计划。“有一件事是肯定的：我绝不会允许这个世界头号恐怖主义支持者（伊朗）拥有核武器，”他上月说道。
“后勤与风险将难以承受”
消息人士称，仅靠美军空袭无法穿透伊斯法罕的隧道，因为该设施没有像伊朗其他核设施那样的通风竖井开口（这些开口是储存结构的薄弱点）。这导致特朗普政府内部讨论部署美军特种作战司令部的精锐部队，可能与以色列突击队协同行动，以渗透隧道并获取或销毁浓缩铀。
然而，这样的任务需要数十甚至数百名额外地面部队协助核心特种作战小组完成寻铀任务，尤其是考虑到伊朗军方仍控制着这些地点及周边区域。这种支持不仅包括安保部队，还需应对地下核材料处理的后勤挑战。
三角洲特种部队和海豹六队队员接受过大规模杀伤性武器应对训练，美军特种作战司令部近十年来一直主导五角大楼的反大规模杀伤性武器任务。有消息称，美国政府几个部门设有“安全处置部队”，可处理放射性材料，特种作战司令部也有计划对地下材料进行“安全处置”或使设施失去作用。
一名未参与规划的退役特种部队军官告诉CNN，此类任务可能需要：一支一级特种作战部队；附属于该部队的专业爆炸物处理人员；外部安全力量（可能是第75游骑兵团或第82空降师，具体取决于任务规模）；MC-130J飞机或MH-47直升机等渗透撤离资产；以及任务全程的空中掩护。
“至少可以说，涉及的后勤和风险将难以承受，”一名参与讨论的知情人士表示。
有迹象显示美国可能保留行动选项：根据CNN审查的飞行数据和卫星图像，至少有6架MC-130J飞机从英国皇家空军米尔登霍尔基地起飞，在必要时可更靠近伊朗。
这些C-130运输机变体专门用于支持美军突击队在敌对环境中的秘密渗透和撤离。3月5日拍摄的卫星图像显示，该基地停机坪上停放着多架MC-130J飞机。
在英国皇家空军米尔登霍尔基地，六架飞机中有三架是最近几周从欧洲各地飞来的新部署，另外三架已驻留数月。卫星数据显示，几乎所有飞机最近几周都参与了英国和北海的训练任务。
与此同时，伊朗政权在持续的美以空袭下表现出韧性。前最高领袖阿里·哈梅内伊的次子穆贾塔巴·哈梅内伊已被任命为伊朗新阿亚图拉，这表明伊朗领导层无意屈服于美国压力。
多位消息人士指出，在政权未彻底倒台的情况下，仅靠军事力量可能不足以消除伊朗高浓缩铀库存，需要某种程度的外交接触而非单纯的军事手段。
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Capturing Iran’s highly enriched uranium would require a large US ground force, sources say
2026-03-09T22:36:37.507Z / CNN
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PUBLISHED Mar 9, 2026, 6:36 PM ET
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Recovering Iran’s remaining highly enriched uranium stockpile believed to be sitting in a storage facility deep underground, an objective the Trump administration has been discussing, would require a significant number of US ground troops beyond a small special operations footprint, seven current and former officials familiar with the military planning told CNN.
The US bombing campaign that struck three Iranian nuclear facilities last June did not destroy all of that country’s highly enriched uranium stockpile, the material needed to create a nuclear weapon. Much of it is believed to be at Iran’s Isfahan nuclear site, said three of the sources. President Donald Trump has made complete elimination of Iran’s nuclear capability one of his stated aims of the war.
If the Trump administration went ahead with an operation to retrieve the uranium, it could mark the first major commitment of US ground forces as part of the campaign, an escalation that would put a large number of troops in harm’s way as part of a complex mission to move or render safe tons of highly radioactive material.
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The uranium at Isfahan is accessible to the Iranians, who had been working for months after the US military strikes last year to clear the rubble of the facility’s aboveground structures and access the underground tunnels where the uranium was hidden, two of the sources said. UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said on Monday that around 200 kilograms of Iran’s highly enriched uranium is probably still at Isfahan, with some also at Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility.
Highly enriched uranium is a dual-use material, and Iran has said it produces it only for peaceful energy purposes. But enriching it above a certain threshold — around 90% —means it can be used to create nuclear weapons. Iran’s uranium is currently enriched at around 60%, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The White House and Pentagon did not respond to a request for comment ahead of publication.
Trump has repeatedly said that Iran can never be allowed to have a nuclear weapons program. “One thing is certain: I will never allow the world’s number one sponsor of terror, which they are by far, to have a nuclear weapon,” he said last month.
‘The logistics and risk involved would be prohibitive’
US military airstrikes alone can’t penetrate the Isfahan tunnels, primarily because the facility does not have ventilation shaft openings like some of Iran’s other nuclear sites, which serve as weak points for a storage structure. That has led to discussions within the Trump administration about deploying elite units within the US military’s Joint Special Operations Command, potentially in coordination with Israeli commando forces, to physically infiltrate the tunnels and secure or destroy the enriched uranium, the sources said.
A mission like that, however, would require dozens if not hundreds of additional troops on the ground to help support the core special operations team tasked with finding the uranium, the sources said, particularly given the Iranian military’s continued control over the sites and surrounding area. That support could entail not just troops to secure the area, but also logistical support given the challenges of working with nuclear material deep underground.
Delta Force and Seal Team 6 operators receive training in countering weapons of mass destruction, and US Special Operations Command has been the lead group for the Pentagon’s counter-WMD mission for nearly a decade. Several elements of the US government also have teams that are designated “render safe units” that can handle radiological material, one of the sources said. JSOC also has contingency plans to either “render safe” the material underground and/or render the facility unusable.
One retired special forces officer not involved in the planning told CNN that in their experience, a mission like this would probably require a tier one special operations unit; specialized explosive ordnance disposal personnel attached to that team; outer security which could be either the 75th Ranger Regiment or the 82nd Airborne Division depending on how large the area is and how many people are needed; exfiltration and infiltration assets like MC-130J aircraft or MH-47 Chinook helicopters; and consistent air cover overhead throughout the mission.
“The logistics and risk involved would be prohibitive, to say the least,” said one person familiar with the discussions.
In a sign that the US could be keeping its options open, at least six MC-130Js are now flying out of RAF Mildenhall in the United Kingdom, according to flight data and satellite imagery reviewed by CNN, positioning them closer to Iran if called upon.
These variants of the C-130 cargo plane are specially equipped to support covert infiltration and exfiltration of US commandos into hostile environments.
A satellite image captured over the airbase on March 5 appears to show several MC-130Js parked on the tarmac.
A satellite image captured on March 5 shows several aircraft consistent with MC-130Js on the apron at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk, England.
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Three of the six aircraft identified are newly arrived to RAF Mildenhall, having flown in from across Europe in recent weeks. Three others have been based out of RAF Mildenhall for months.
The same dataset suggests nearly every aircraft has participated in training missions over the United Kingdom and North Sea in recent weeks.
The Iranian regime, meanwhile, is proving resilient in the face of relentless US-Israeli airstrikes. Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, has been installed as Iran’s new ayatollah — a signal that Iran’s leadership has no intention of folding to American pressure.
Without the outright collapse of the regime, some level of diplomatic engagement rather than just sheer military power will likely be required to eliminate Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile, multiple sources said.
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