Ex-Mossad official: Iran nuke submarine idea cover for uranium enrichment
Iran’s recent rumblings about developing a nuclear submarine are a cover for its desire to start enriching uranium at higher levels, former Mossad official Sima Shine said on Monday.
Speaking as part of a videoconference organized by the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), where she is currently a lead expert on Iran, she noted that the
Islamic Republic has mentioned the possibility of developing a nuclear submarine before.
Shine explained that the engine of a nuclear-powered submarine “needs higher enrichment levels [of uranium] and very few [world] powers can do it. But they are paving the way to provide civilian-use justifications for why they would need to increase their enrichment levels.”
In other words, she suggested that even if Tehran failed to develop a nuclear submarine – expertise which may be beyond its reach – it could use the possibility of trying to develop one as a legal basis for enriching uranium to high levels.
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