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2007-10-23 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Olmert: Iran has crossed red line for developing a nuclear weapon

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Posted by Anonymoose 2007-10-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Iran has it! Not first time usa has been a sucker.

Posted by Thererong Ghibelline1395 2007-10-23 00:40|| 2007-10-23 00:40|| Front Page Top

#2 More than anything, we are total idiots to presume that warhead miniaturization and device to missile integration represent any sort of obstacles for Iran.

Anyone who is remotely sane must also consider that Iran might be just as happy to send a much less compact yet functional nuclear device on its merry way to our shores. Far fetched? Perhaps. Ask yourself, "Is this a risk you're willing to take?"

Crush Iran now. No delays, no excuses, no further risks.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-10-23 00:50|| 2007-10-23 00:50|| Front Page Top

#3 JPOST > Israeli Ambassador > Very littel time remains to stop Iran from having a nuclear bomb, although diplomacy-negotiations are still preferred. Iran must get NOT the impression that come/after January 2009, when Dubya's POTUS successor takes office in Amer, that it can do what it wants or wills without fear.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-10-23 01:36|| 2007-10-23 01:36|| Front Page Top

#4 STRATEGYPAGE > IRAN: A LARGER THREAT THAN NUKES. Iran's neighbors [small states]nowadays worry notsomuch about per se Iranian nuke ambitions but more zabout Iran trying to take over non-Iranian territory incrementally, by bits and pieces. IRAN > FIGHTING A WOT INCREMENTALLY? WHILE ALSO TRYING TO BUILD AN EMPIRE INCREMENTALLY???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-10-23 04:39|| 2007-10-23 04:39|| Front Page Top

#5 Obtaining weapons grade U235 or Pu239 should not be too challanging for Iran, especially since they are not likely to be too worried about safety.
Building a nuclear device that will actually explode is also relatively straightforward.
Miniaturization is much, much more difficult. There are many things which must be done essentially to perfection or the bomb will lose its symmetry and 'fizzle.' That effort will almost certainly take some trials and errors - which we should be well able to detect. But without miniaturization, Iran's delivery system is likely limited to suicide trucks or boats.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-10-23 07:27|| 2007-10-23 07:27|| Front Page Top

#6 Glenmore: not as much as you might think. The typical "3rd world nuclear weapon" of about 1000kg or less can be carried by augmented Shahab-3 missiles. Packing about a 25kt blast.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-10-23 12:00|| 2007-10-23 12:00|| Front Page Top

#7 If Iran has it, I would be willing to bet it is sitting in the jungle someplace in Venezuela and not inside Iran.

Posted by crosspatch 2007-10-23 23:28|| 2007-10-23 23:28|| Front Page Top

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