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What We Know About Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program

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Posted By: earlybird, 11/2/2024 3:26:43 PM

As the conflict between Israel and Iran, and its proxies, continues unabated, there is increasing interest in whether the Iranians have the capability to produce a nuclear bomb. Iran is still denying it is trying to produce nuclear weapons, despite a mountain of evidence suggesting otherwise. So what is the reality?The Epoch Times has spoken to a former deputy director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Ollie Heinonen, and a key figure in the Iranian opposition, Shahin Gobadi, about Iran’s nuclear program. On Oct. 26, Israel bombed several military targets inside Iran in retaliation for an Iranian drone and missile attack on Israel on Oct. 1.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: stablemoney 11/2/2024 5:15:15 PM (No. 1824850)
They have been telling us for over a decade that Iran is weeks away from a nuclear bomb. Sorry, your admonitions have lost all credibility. Might as well ask your dog.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: DVC 11/3/2024 12:12:32 AM (No. 1825011)
It might be true, #1.They may be able test a 'device' in a few weeks, but that isn't a weapon, since a 'device' often is a laboratory rig that may have all sorts of pieces of equipment which aren't able to be easily packaged into a weapon of reasonable size, weight and functionality. Like batteries....on a bench rig a car battery may suffice, but a specialized, carefully designed long life battery of small size that it shock proof and will hold a charge for months or years is required. MANY items like that make the distinction between a device and a weapon sometimes very great.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: mifla 11/3/2024 4:34:59 AM (No. 1825072)
I am surprised that Iran simply has not bought a couple of suitcase nukes from a former Soviet satellite country.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: billa57 11/3/2024 6:52:45 AM (No. 1825123)
Never forget that the democrats and Iran have been best buddies for quite a while now and they even signed a treaty in 2015 with Iran that would allow them a nuclear bomb after 10 years. That would have been right about now.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Strike3 11/3/2024 3:36:19 PM (No. 1825402)
Once a country starts down that path, they can not turn back. All countries with nukes, including the United States, must constantly build more and bigger bombs to satisfy the power lust of the leadership. When we were under a test ban treaty with Russia, we exploded them underground and so did Russia. When Iran builds one, they will use it, that's all we need to know. Destroy the facilities, especially the centrifuges, and take them back to the bow and arrow level where they can not harm anybody.
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