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Cheap Nukes
Jules Crittenden —
[image] « Cheap Oil Cheap Nukes Then there’s that other thing repressive governments do when faced with financial woes and internal threats … change the subject. NYT , Iran said to have enough for one nuke: Iran has now produced roughly enough nuclear material to make, with added purification, a single atom bomb, according to nuclear experts analyzing the latest report from global atomic inspectors. The figures detailing Iran’s progress were contained in a routine update on Wednesday from the International Atomic Eenergy Agency, which has been conducting inspections of the country’s main nuclear plant at Natanz. The report concluded that as of ...
Bush Legacy Watch: Iran Acquires Enough Uranium For Single Nuclear Bomb
Think Progress —
... , Iran appears to have acquired enough enriched uranium for a single crude nuclear bomb on the Bush administratrion’s watch. ...
Those Wacky Iranians Have Fuel For One Nuclear Bomb
Pirate's Cove —
Hmm, kinda makes the whole “bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran” thing sound pretty good, eh? Iran Said to Have Nuclear Fuel for One Weapon
Iran has now produced roughly enough nuclear material to make, with added purification, a single atom bomb, according to nuclear experts analyzing the latest report from global atomic inspectors.
The figures detailing Iran’s progress were contained in a routine update on Wednesday from the International Atomic Energy Agency, which has been conducting inspections of the country’s main nuclear plant at Natanz. The report concluded that as of early this month, Iran had made 630 kilograms, or about ...
Those Wacky Iranians Have Fuel For One Nuclear Bomb
Stop The ACLU —
Hmm, kinda makes the whole “bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran” thing sound pretty good, eh? Iran Said to Have Nuclear Fuel for One Weapon Iran has now produced roughly enough nuclear material to make, with added purification, a single atom bomb, according to nuclear experts analyzing the latest report from global atomic inspectors. The figures detailing Iran’s progress were contained in a routine update on Wednesday from the International Atomic Energy Agency, which has been conducting inspections of the country’s main nuclear plant at Natanz. The report concluded that as of early this month, Iran had made 630 kilograms, or about 1,390 pounds, of low-enriched uranium. ...
Iran Produces Low-enriched Uranium Bombette
Taylor Marsh —
... The
New York Times article reports Iran has a single atom bomb of low-enriched
uranium. So I’m not impressed. An analogy is that it’s like making dough for
bread, waiting for it to rise, but it doesn’t. ...
Hyperventilating About An Iranian Nuke
Newshoggers.com —
... (i.e. less than 5.0% U-235 enrichment). Since March 2007, twenty unannounced inspections have been conducted at FEP"...."The Agency has been able to continue to verify the non-diversion of declared nuclear material in Iran."
Most importantly, the IAEA guarantees that all known activities are under Agency seal and surveillance, and cannot be used to produce a weapon without Agency knowledge.
That doesn't stop the New York Times publishing a wonderful bit of hyperventilation involving (as is usual) the fine journalism of David ...
Russian Missile Sales to Iran May Raise Prospect of Israeli Strike
Crooks and Liars —
Coming in the wake of Russian warships passing through the Panama Canal and visiting Cuba, conflicting reports that Moscow intends to sell an advanced anti-aircraft missile system to Iran are ratcheting up tensions with the United States. But more worrisome still is the heightened prospect of a preemptive Israeli air strike against Tehran's nuclear infrastructure before the S-300 system would become operational.
On Sunday, Iranian official Esmail Kosari seemingly confirmed earlier rumors of the purchase, telling Tehran's IRNA news agency, "After a few years of talks with Russia, now the S-300 system is being delivered." But the next ...
Shockah! Iran bomb threat hyped by media (again).
Newshoggers.com —
By Cernig
Despite all the hype about the latest IAEA report on Iran (PDF) the key phrase, repeated a lot in the IAEA reports is "The nuclear material has been under containment and surveillance at all times." But that little detail normally comes out around paragraph five in news reports, if at all.
The Guardian, after a ...
