https://thehill.com/homenews/5354764-trump-gabbard-iran-intelligence-assessment/?tbref=hp
President Trump rejected his own director of national intelligence’s assessment of Iran’s nuclear capabilities in remarks as he returned from the Group of Seven summit in Alberta, Canada, a day early to weigh America’s response to escalating airstrikes between Israel and Iran.
Tulsi Gabbard testified before Congress in March that while Iran had an “unprecedented” stockpile of weapons-grade uranium, the country did not appear to be building a nuclear weapon.
“I don’t care what she said. I think they were very close to having one,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One in the wee hours of Tuesday morning in response to a direct question about Gabbard’s testimony.
CNN reported Tuesday that American intelligence assessments continued to say Iran was not actively pursuing a nuclear weapon and was up to three years out from being able to launch one. Israel has claimed Iran was approaching a crucial tipping point for developing nuclear capabilities as justification for its airstrikes.
Here is how to make a nuclear bomb.
ReplyDeleteTake a goodly portion of uranium (enriched). Take another goodly portion of uranium (enriched). Keep the two portions separate. When you are ready for the explosion, smash the two portions together.
The trick is to take the right portions and to smash them very quickly together.
So once you havevenough enriched uranium, you can in theory make a bomb by skipping all the theoretical considerations and just xperiment with different amounts of uranium and how fast they get smushed together.
So how can anyone say how long it will take to make a bomb once the enriched uranium is in hand? They can't.
Maybe the Iranians were working with a Russian expert in bomb making.