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Israel says Iran could be 1-2 years away from nukes
2021-02-03
[IsraelTimes] Energy minister: Tehran would need 6 months for required enrichment before bomb development; Blinken said Iran could make enough fissile material in weeks if violations continue.

IDF chief Aviv Kohavi issued a rare public criticism of the US plans last week and said that he had ordered the military to develop operational plans for striking Iran’s nuclear program.
Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz said Tuesday that Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
 was a year or two away from producing a nuclear bomb, in remarks that appeared partly at odds with the US assessment.
Posted by:trailing wife

#1  Tehran announced it was beginning to enrich uranium up to 20 percent — far beyond the 3.5 percent permitted under the nuclear deal, and a relatively small technical step away from the 90 percent needed for a nuclear weapon.

That is true but a little misleading. It takes a lot of electricity to spin the machines and once you have the weapon grade material, there are problems handling it and storing it.
Posted by: Lord Garth   2021-02-03 13:22  

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