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Iran now has 30kg of enriched uranium
2010-10-21
Ay Pee summarized:
Enriched to 20%, strong enough for a medical research reactor, not near the 90% needed for a fission bomb. But this is twice as much as Iran claimed to have in June.

Turkey is sanguine. Prime Minister Erdogan aims to triple Turkish trade with Iran over the next five years, despite some hesitancy by Turkish banks unwilling to risk sanctions by the U.S. For perspective, currently Turkey trades as much with Iran as with the U.S. No doubt that trade will be aided by continued Turkish opposition to sanctions proposals at the U.N.
Posted by:trailing wife

#7  Is the Iranian leadership's goal a warhead first and foremost, content to fill in details later?

Given that some of their objectives str 1) to become the superior-power in the Mid East, and 2) develop an insurance policy to cover their world-wide 'al quds' activities, I'd say that's highly likely.
Posted by: Pappy   2010-10-21 23:59  

#6  Silentbrick: I would not rule out accident in the case of a nuclear explosion at an Iranian installation. Will Iran pour massive resources into the design of Safing, Arming, Fuzing, and Firing mechanisms? Is the Iranian leadership's goal a warhead first and foremost, content to fill in details later?

The first nuclear power might have learned this lesson the hard way:

http://dmc.members.sonic.net/sentinel/usa5.html
http://dmc.members.sonic.net/sentinel/usa4.html
Posted by: Pstanley   2010-10-21 22:42  

#5  Yeah, two thieves making a deal: Turkey and Iran. Good luck with the payments. Heh.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2010-10-21 21:24  

#4  So if a nuclear explosion was to occur at their storage facility, it'd mean they had an 'accident' right?
Posted by: Silentbrick   2010-10-21 18:57  

#3  Iran now has 30kg of enriched uranium

For peaceful breakout purposes, of course.
Posted by: gorb   2010-10-21 10:31  

#2  Trent Telenko's view is that Iran has had the opportunity to buy pre-enriched Uranium on the international black market, and therefore Iran is capable of building nuclear weapons. It is a mistake to view Iran's nuclear program in isolation; it must be considered alongside others, particularly North Korea's. He's been saying this for years now.

http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/15450.html
Posted by: Pstanley   2010-10-21 01:45  

#1  ISRAELI MIL FORUM > [FrontPage Magz] WHEN MULLAHS PREPARE FOR NUCLEAR WAR: A TOP ADVISOR TO IRAN'S DM PUBLISHES A TROUBLING ARTICLE | THE NUCLEAR WAR THE MULLAHS WANT.

ARTIC = IRAN must prepare a NUCLEAR response Strategy agz ANY US or US-LED "UNCONVENTIONAL ATTACK", e.g. CYBERWAR [STuxNet]?, SPECOPS, etc. as SUBJECTIVELY/AMBIGUOUSLY DEFINED; IRAN NEEDS THE NATIONAL CAPACITY TO QUICKLY PRODUCE POTENT NUCLEAR WEAPONS, albeit not necessarily to use them.

Also, IRAN MUST BE ABLE TO REASONABLY OR RATIONALLY EXPLAIN HOW ITS SELF-PROCLAIMED "ENERGY-ONLY" NUCLEAR PROGRAMS WEIRDLY + MYSTERIOUSLY had Had HAD H-A-D HHHHAAAAADDDDDD, spelled H-A-T-T/Z-Z "HAD" D *** YOU, TO CONVERT INTO A NUCWEAPONS PROGRAM(S).

ARTIC AGAIN = And BTW, Iran SSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHH intended a NUCWEAPS Program all along???

VERSIES

* TOPIX > VARIOUS > IS NORTH KOREA PREPARING FOR A THIRD NUCLEAR TEST?; + [paraph]SOUTH KOREA DENIES NORTH KOREA PREPARING NEW NUCLEAR TEST DESPITE DETECTION/MOVEMENT OF PERSONNEL, VEHICLES AT TEST SITE.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2010-10-21 01:30  

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