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Iran Has Enough Highly Enriched Uranium for Six Nuclear Weapons
MSN | WSJ ^ | 02/26/2025 | Laurence Norman

Posted on 02/26/2025 8:03:40 AM PST by BenLurkin

VIENNA—Iran has sharply increased its stockpile of highly enriched uranium in recent weeks, according to a confidential United Nations report, as Tehran amasses a critical raw material for atomic weapons.

The increase in Iran’s holdings of uranium enriched to 60%, or nearly weapons grade, gives it enough to produce six nuclear weapons.

Iran is now producing enough fissile material in a month for one nuclear weapon, according to the report, which was reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: enricheduranium; iran; nuclearweapons
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To: Flag_This

Breathtakingly satisfying!


21 posted on 02/26/2025 11:20:45 AM PST by equaviator (If 60 is the new 40 then 35 must be the new 15.)
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To: Zathras

Their short range missiles don’t have the capacity to lift a warhead.


They spy launch satellites, so the clearly have missiles powerful enough to launch nuclear warheads.


22 posted on 02/26/2025 12:01:32 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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