Iran could enrich uranium to 20% within four days, nation's atomic energy chief says

[zectech]

If nukes can keep North Korea free from regime change, nukes are useful to any free country. But you need not 300 like China has, but 3000

 

[Persian Gulf 1906]

If nukes can keep North Korea free from regime change, nukes are useful to any free country. But you need not 300 like China has, but 3000

You cannot compare NK to Iran, NK lives in total poverty and isolation and only oil from China is keeping them alive. Iran is much more developed and thus inevitably linked with the world, it is not possible for Khamenei to decide we develop nukes at all costs because the people will not tolerate it if it sends us all to live like NK!

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

The KSA can have thermonukes in four hours....

KSA conquered Iran in the past. So what? They weren't able to make Iranians speak Arabic. And if KSA nukes Iran then Russia nukes KSA.

 

[Persian Gulf 1906]

KSA conquered Iran in the past. So what? They weren't able to make Iranians speak Arabic. And if KSA nukes Iran then Russia nukes KSA.

KSA never conquered Iran, KSA didn't exist until recently, a bunch of nomadic arab tribes and clans wondering the arabian peninsula waging war!

 

[Tokhme khar]

Only the Israeli's or the Pakistani can supply a working nuke to the primitive sawdi, and that too on US approval. Otherwise as sen Graham mentioned recently, the sawdi's will have trouble fighting their way out of a paper bag.....lol

KSA conquered Iran in the past. So what? They weren't able to make Iranians speak Arabic. And if KSA nukes Iran then Russia nukes KSA.

 

[zectech]

You cannot compare NK to Iran, NK lives in total poverty and isolation and only oil from China is keeping them alive. Iran is much more developed and thus inevitably linked with the world, it is not possible for Khamenei to decide we develop nukes at all costs because the people will not tolerate it if it sends us all to live like NK!

Being apart of the JCPOA will not keep Iran from sanctions and war. When Amerika has hypersonic missiles that can destroy all Iranian defenses, expect warmongering from Washington and expect NATO support like in Syria and Libya.

So either try to control the Europeans to continue to support the JCPOA, or before Iran is threatened by a 'president' pence, develop nukes.

A third path is to continue missile development and production. And get as many MANPADs as possible, well over 250.000, hide each one individually in the countryside, never stockpile them. And keep building up to ward off an attack.

Developing a remote controlled bore-ing, a sapper, a digging, 'explosive' to sneak up on tanks is another idea to prevent war.

Anything in a military depot is wasted money once hypersonic missiles come on board.

 

[Persian Gulf 1906]

Being apart of the JCPOA will not keep Iran from sanctions and war. When Amerika has hypersonic missiles that can destroy all Iranian defenses, expect warmongering from Washington and expect NATO support like in Syria and Libya.

So either try to control the Europeans to continue to support the JCPOA, or before Iran is threatened by a 'president' pence, develop nukes.

A third path is to continue missile development and production. And get as many MANPADs as possible, well over 250.000, hide each one individually in the countryside, never stockpile them. And keep building up to ward off an attack.

Developing a remote controlled bore-ing, a sapper, a digging, 'explosive' to sneak up on tanks is another idea to prevent war.

Anything in a military depot is wasted money once hypersonic missiles come on board.

US is very far from hypersonic cruise missiles, it only started the process last year, nothing until at least 2025 on that front.

and even when they get it, they cannot be used against underground missile bases

 

[Hack-Hook]

actually 20% enriched uranium is used specifically for medical purposes, Tehran Research Reactor (ironically built by the US in the 60s) uses 20% uranium to produce medical isotopes (for cancer treatment etc).

Also, 20% uranium cannot be used for nuclear weapons, that needs 90% enrichment (and then several more stages including miniaturisation of nuclear warhead to fit on a delivery vehicle (e.g. an ICBM)).

Even 90% uranium can't be used for the bomb .
And tehran research reactor was originally built by USA to use 95% enriched uranium after revolution with the help of Argentina we modified it to use 20% uranium.

If nukes can keep North Korea free from regime change, nukes are useful to any free country. But you need not 300 like China has, but 3000

Well it failed to protect USSR from regime change.

 

[Persian Gulf 1906]

Even 90% uranium can't be used for the bomb .

why not?

 

[Hack-Hook]

why not?

The chain reaction won't be fast enough for Da BOOM

 

[Persian Gulf 1906]

The chain reaction won't be fast enough for Da BOOM

to be honest i don't understand, 90%+ is weapons-grade uranium so i don't know where you read that this cannot make a nuclear weapon...

 

[El Sidd]

actually 20% enriched uranium is used specifically for medical purposes, Tehran Research Reactor (ironically built by the US in the 60s) uses 20% uranium to produce medical isotopes (for cancer treatment etc).

Also, 20% uranium cannot be used for nuclear weapons, that needs 90% enrichment (and then several more stages including miniaturisation of nuclear warhead to fit on a delivery vehicle (e.g. an ICBM)).

I know the answer to this riddle.

Is it 1999 again?

 

[Sineva]

https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/or...c-salehi-jcpoa-enrichment-arak-calandria.html

A very,very interesting article.If true this is some mind blowing revelations.
According to this during an interview with the head of irans atomic energy agency Ali Salehi on the 22 of january,he stated that iran acquired replacement components for the arak reactor core prior to it being filled with concrete,and that this was done with Khameneis direct knowledge.

Under the JCPOA, Iran was obliged to remove the calandria of the Arak reactor and fill its tubes with cement as part of efforts to modify the facility to ensure there was no plutonium path to the bomb. "We agreed to do so," said Salehi. "But we also purchased [and stored] equivalent tubes and we did not declare this [to our negotiation counterparts]." He noted that the decision was shared only with "the highest authority" of the Islamic Republic, the supreme leader.

In addition a new enrichment facility had been constructed for the purpose of producing 190,000SWU of enriched uranium

He also spoke of what his organization has done to execute a key directive issued by the country's supreme leader issued last June. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had then called on the country's nuclear authorities to establish a readiness to expand enrichment capacity to 190,000 separative work units (SWU), which the supreme leader previously described as Iran’s “absolute need.” Iranian officials say the country needs an enrichment capacity of 190,000 SWU to ensure a domestic supply of fuel for the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant. Salehi said a "super modern" hall with necessary facilities has been fully constructed for the purpose of enrichment at the latter scale.

 

[Bahram Esfandiari]

Nuclear weapons are useless for Iran. If Iran would have had a need for Nuclear weapons, it would have had them by now.

 

[foxhoundbis]

We could conduct a hot test for a nuke within a few months, but, it is not required. Iran knows that nukes nowadays are useless. .

If you think it is useless, U are grossly mistaken friend. US in its new doctrine -Rumsfeld after 2002- specifies that they are free to use nuke weapons against opponents. However what kind of opponnents these barbaric US leaders mean ? In fact against defenseless opponents, and especially those without nuke weapons. Remember during the Korea's war they did not hesitate to slaughter milllions of civilians, they were prompt to use nuke weapons against China. However when Stalin objected that he has nuke weapons too, US receded. During Vietnam's war they want to use nuclear weapons against North Vietnam, however Mao threatened to use it too. US moved back. In 1991 Bush Sr, and its team threatened Iraq to use against civilian Iraqis as solution regarding the poorly performances of US air coalition. Saddam's fear, he mistakenly ordered his army to retreat. During his retreat US profited to slaughter his army, one of the worst crime in human's history, made by the barbaric US leaders. This coward slaughter was turned by US media as 'great victory'.
Do not mistake US are ready to use nuclear weapons against Iran except if Iran does have. I think, due the close relations between Iran and North Korea, it is absolutely certain that Iran could have nowadays nuclear tactical weapons very quicly, if it is not already done. For Iran it is an absolutely vital, it is a matter of life or death.