Their nukes were capable, even back to the late 70s. Clinton gave them the precise targeting capability and reliability that they lacked.
If they had these ready to go, dont' you think they would have set them off last November right before the election when the OBL tape came out talking about how they were going to vanquish "the great satan"?...I think OBLs been smoking alot of cocaine and everything else, but we need to be diligent and watchful for anything that's suspicious.