Originally posted by buster2010
Got any proof? Because the UN doesn't have any proof of Iran building a bomb. The only proof is Israel says they are building one. The US state dept
said Iran stopped building the bomb back in 03 and has shown no evidence of restarting one.
Oh come on, man!! You can’t be serious. There is a ton of evidence. The inspectors concluded that Iran is pursuing a nuke.
United Nations weapons inspectors have amassed a trove of new evidence that they say makes a “credible” case that “Iran has carried out
activities relevant to the development of a nuclear device,” and that the project may still be under way.
The report laid out the case that Iran had moved far beyond the blackboard to create computer models of nuclear explosions in 2008 and 2009 and
conducted experiments on nuclear triggers. It said the simulations focused on how shock waves from conventional explosives could compress the
spherical fuel at the core of a nuclear device, which starts the chain reaction that ends in nuclear explosion.
The report also said Iran went beyond such theoretical studies to build a large containment vessel at its Parchin military base, starting in 2000, for
testing the feasibility of such explosive compression. It called such tests “strong indicators of possible weapon development.”
The inspectors agreed with a much-debated classified United States National Intelligence Estimate issued in 2007 that Iran had dismantled a highly
focused effort to build a bomb in late 2003, but found significant recent work, though conducted in a less coordinated manner.
The inspectors’ report cited:
¶ Documents suggesting that Iran “was working on a project to secure a source of uranium suitable for use in an undisclosed enrichment program”
to make bomb fuel.
¶ Evidence that Iran “had been provided with nuclear explosive design information.”
¶ Information that it worked on experiments with conventional explosives to compress metal into an incredibly dense mass suitable to start a chain
reaction.
¶ Documentation of “at least 14 progressive design iterations” for a missile warhead to deliver an atomic warhead to a distant target.
NY Times
edit on 15-1-2012 by seabag because: (no reason given)
