"OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT -- THE ATTACK WILL BE ON JUNE 15!"
Posted on 06/02/2025 11:27:15 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Any FReeper know what kind of bomb that Iran has enough nuclear material to make? Are we talking about 10 dirty bombs, 10 tactical nukes, or 10 major nukes?
"OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT -- THE ATTACK WILL BE ON JUNE 15!"
“Weeks away from having a nuclear weapon.”
Gee Moe wonder if we have sattlites with powerful lasers in orbit yet?.
Does Trump think Iran is just gonna go for this???
Come on?!!!!
Just let Israel do what it needs to do!
Haven’t “they” been saying this for 20 years?
I remember these words when I was in high school back in the early 1990’s. Just a few weeks from a nuclear bomb!
Sounds like ten (10) fission (atomic) weapons....usually range from 1-100 kt......think Hiroshima, not megaton thermonuclear which requires plutonium.
I don't think they have an ICBM, so they could only mount it on an intermediate range missile - not enough to reach DC, but Tel Aviv would be within range.
I doubt they even make it off the pad - Israel would launch as they're fueling on the pad.
“Iran is weeks away from the bomb” deja vu all over again.
I read a book, several times titled: The Making Of The Atomic Bomb - a great physics study. Thing is, uranium is as heavy as lead. You need a trigger to make it go so that it’ll obtain critical mass and go blooie. Then you need a device to deliver over 30,000lbs. Just having nuclear material is one thing, forming it into a bomb is another.
I agree with FReeper psalm 73’s response in comment #10. It’s probably enough material for more than a tactical nuke, but at most a Hiroshima type atom bomb (Fat Man or Little Boy). But air delivery is still the trick. Iran probably doesn’t have the means to fly it to the U.S., but, as Iran has already proven, they can fly it to Israel and parts of Europe. All that’d be left to figure out is if they can get it through the air defenses.
Or if the missile has enough lift capacity.
Saying and doing are not the same thing.
“Donald Trump says he wants a strong deal with Iran. “I want it very strong where we can go in with inspectors. We can take whatever we want, we can blow up whatever we want, ...”
Yeah I’m sure he can get the mullahs to go along with that. :-)
The point was that the Iranians are showing several solid-fuel missiles in an array of classes — including IRBM. So don’t count on getting a launch warning while a liquid-fuel rocket is fueling on the pad.
You plan for the worst-case by assuming that the enemies weapons work as advertised. When they don’t, great.
Having the material does not mean you can build a bomb overnight and deliver it.
The delivery system is the final hurdle. Iran has trucks and ships. Their missiles are crap. We all assume that they would use their nuke (because they only get one chance) on Israel. I think they would use it on the US or a US base. Or, on a US carrier group. How they get it there is still a mystery.
In the end, Iran would become a skid mark on the bottom of Western Asia. I cannot believe they would be that stupid.
Likely better than Hiroshima, but not “thermonuclear.” And they will only have tested it in a simulation. They get one bite at this apple.
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