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"For the miniscule amount required - even to have the excess to extend the effective half-life - simply ask the mullahs in Iran to siphon off a little (or do you think they don't know how?). Or that dictator in North Korea, or any other reactor-possessing hostile power you might think would want to see the US hurt (say, France). It really wouldn't be that hard. It is produced for medical and other research. You can order it from Oak Ridge if you have the right credentials." - calenel

Oak Ridge won't sell enough Po-210 in sum in any 140 day period to make a single atomic trigger, no matter what your credentials.

Iran's reactor isn't working yet; it is a non-entity for all *existing* weapons.

North Korea is grappling with the technical hurdles in making enough Po-210 fast enough for their own nuclear test. Frankly, my money says that Iran will have a successful nuclear test before North Korea and that neither will be able to test this year.

So there's a prediction that you can fact check me on over the next 5 months. I'll be right while you are still in wide-eyed panic.

"So there's a prediction that you can fact check me on over the next 5 months. I'll be right while you are still in wide-eyed panic."

I'm not the one panicking in denial.

Iran has already produced po-210, in case you didn't know. That isn't the hard part. The argument as to whether Iran or North Korea will be first to detonate a nuclear weapon is just another straw man to help you try to hide the FACT that you can't support your position. I haven't got a dog in that fight.

You have your head in the sand, trying to pretend that the barbarians are too stupid to copy our 60 year old technology.