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2009-10-22 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Steve White 2009-10-22 00:04|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Sounds like IRAN may have a simil problem as INDIA'S PAST NUCTESTS, i.e. nuke explosive yields not as great as calculated or occurred, ala BHARAT RAKSHAK.

Posted by JosephMendiola">JosephMendiola 2009-10-22 00:13|| na]">[na] 2009-10-22 00:13|| Front Page Top

#2 then again, maybe not. Cast your lots.

Posted by Jumbo Slinerong5015 2009-10-22 00:41|| 2009-10-22 00:41|| Front Page Top

#3 And maybe Iran just contaminated a sample to fool the rest of the world into believing this.

And couldn't France or whoever just recontaminate the Uranium when finished with it? Seems to me weapons grade is closer to 90%, but I'm probably wrong.

Posted by gorb 2009-10-22 01:38|| 2009-10-22 01:38|| Front Page Top

#4 Algeria is interested in mining their vast uranium reserves.

Posted by newc">newc 2009-10-22 09:56|| 2009-10-22 09:56|| Front Page Top

#5 The US had problems going the other way.

Operation Castle Bravo was a test of the first deliverable fusion weapon in the US arsenal. The predicted yield was 5 megatons, but, in fact, "BRAVO" yielded 14.8 megatons, making it the largest U.S. nuclear test ever exploded.

There were some fusion reactions taking place that were not predicted at the time.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2009-10-22 22:29|| 2009-10-22 22:29|| Front Page Top

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