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Breaking: Iran's 'Fordow' Nuke Plant Now Fully Operational
2012-02-13
According to Mehr News Agency, sources within Iran revealed that there will be an announcement in a few days that the previously secret nuclear site, the Fordow nuclear enrichment facility, is now fully operational and enriching uranium at a 20% level.

The world learned about the existence of this site in 2009 when the Iranians disclosed it to the IAEA right before President Obama, Prime Minister Gordon Brown of the United Kingdom, and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France made statements at the G-20 summit in Pittsburg that referenced the secret Iranian site.

The site is built deep into a mountain on a Revolutionary Guards' base near the city of Qom.

The Iranian leaders had intended to transfer much of their low-enriched uranium stock from Natanz to Fordow and to start the process of enrichment at a much higher level with protection against any attack.

It is reported that the site cannot be destroyed even with the current bunker-buster bombs kept in the U.S. military's arsenal.

It should be noted that the Fordow facility can only house 3,000 centrifuges, and is therefore useless for providing fuel for a nuclear power plant. The only purpose is for clandestine use or for making a nuclear bomb. It is also important to note that enriching uranium to the 20% level is 9/10 of the way to weaponization.
Posted by:Beavis

#1  Lessirree ...

> ISRAEL + Iran can have Nukes by or very shortly after January 2013.
> VARIOUS NET PERTS > Ditto 2012 NLT 2015.

Taken collectively, iff there is going to be a de facto US-Israel-Iran War, IMO casualty-conscious/mindful US Govtcritters will likely go for milstrike + dedicated ground invasion of Iran ASAP later this year while Iran seemingly still has very few NucMats andor alleged NucBombs.

EITHER THAT, OR [grudgingly] ACCEPT A NUKE-ARMED IRAN [+ by extens Radical Islam].
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-02-13 23:29  

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