[Robert A Cook PE]

A Hiroshima-style (inefficient, dirty, heavy, large BUT simple and easy-to-build, no-testing-required, no Plutonium needed) nuclear bomb only needs sufficient U235 to go critical. About 60 kg, depending on whose “unclassified” web site you want to believe. (Frankly, I would believe none of them, but I’m not going to do those reactivity calculations for the Iranians...)

Regardless, only enriched U235 is required. A 6-8 inch cannon barrel. A detonator. A shipping container.

The Obama-Biden-Harris administration is determined to give Iran permission and the money to continue enriching Uranium well-past ANY civilian reactor need. A civilian nuclear power plant only needs 3% enrichment to critical, 3-5% to maintain criticality for years of power production.

Iran DEMANDS they be “permitted” to go to 23% enrichment levels - Levels ONLY needed to for weapons production as feed material for going to 60-80% enrichment. (Once your enrichment process is capable of getting the gasses to 10%, the only thing needed is more passes through the centrifuges. That’s it. After that first gas gets to 10% enrichment, you need nothing else but time (without a monitor checking EVERY centrifuge, testing EVERY sample made every hour of EVERY lab) to keep running the centrifuges.)

Now, Israel IS the first target for Iranium bombs. The United States cities are the second target.

Imagine the “international tension” raised if Israel merely states: “The first nuclear bomb that explodes over Jerusalem, will be followed by a second nuclear bomb exploding over Mecca. And the third will explode over Medina. “

[jz638]

Now, Israel IS the first target for Iranium bombs. The United States cities are the second target.

Israel and the US aren't the countries that Iran wants to threaten with nuclear weapons, they're just the countries that have the means and (depending upon the administration) will to stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons. The real strategic goal for Iran is for Iran to become more influential than the Saudis.

Strangely, I think the Obama administration trying to help the Iranians with the Iran deal was the spark that brought the Saudis and other Gulf Arabs to the negotiating table with the Israelis. Before the Obama administration, the Saudis felt safe relying on America to have its back if a conflict with Iran ever occurred. Who knows what will be possible after another four years of that same Iran-coddling mindset.

[Honest Nigerian]

Imagine the “international tension” raised if Israel merely states: “The first nuclear bomb that explodes over Jerusalem, will be followed by a second nuclear bomb exploding over Mecca. And the third will explode over Medina. “

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Excellent last paragraph from RAC, PE.
But WHY would the Israelis say it out loud? Why would they box themselves into that path?
They are smarter than that IMO.

[StAnDeliver]

"Imagine the “international tension” raised if Israel merely states: “The first nuclear bomb that explodes over Jerusalem, will be followed by a second nuclear bomb exploding over Mecca. And the third will explode over Medina."

Ok but the actual targets will be the nuke facilities outside Teheran, PAEC Islamabad where critical parts were acquired, and Pyongyang where the cannon-shot plans have been perfected for sale.

[Jumper]

American cities = fewer democrats. Iran threatening to do the job that the democrats abortion policies hasn’t..... Maybe a republican president would let some cities burn just so we can be justified in the counter-strike. The people who vote democrat dance with the devil so they might as well join him.

[SaveFerris]

The Iranians would sail one into a U.S. port.

I can think of at least 4 they’d try to hit. 🎯 - you can bet they’ve already gamed in the scenarios.

The detection equipment will sound the alarm too late.

IMHO

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks RACPE.

[BigEdLB]

The new guy? Does he have the balls to do that? Bibi did,, but does the new guy?