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Which I think is right in line with recent Israeli and American estimates. Though there have been so many lately it's getting hard to keep track of who's betting on what.
Other than the annihilation of either Israel or Iran, that is. . .
Newsmax:
Iran Could Have Atomic Bomb Within 6 Months: German Intel
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 9:03 AM
BERLIN -- Germany's BND foreign intelligence agency believes Iran is capable of producing and testing an atomic bomb within six months, much sooner than most analysts estimate, according to a report in German weekly Stern.
The report, which quotes BND experts, says the agency has information supporting the view that Iran has mastered the enrichment technology necessary to make a bomb and has enough centrifuges to make weaponized uranium.
"If they wanted to, they could detonate an atomic bomb in half a year's time," the story quoted a BND expert as saying.
The BND did not return two calls from Reuters seeking comment on the report.
Iran says its nuclear program is for electricity generation to help it export more of its oil and gas, but Western countries suspect it of trying to pursue a nuclear bomb.
The U.N. Security Council has imposed three sets of sanctions on Tehran for defying its demands to suspend uranium enrichment.
Some analysts say Iran may be close to having the required material for producing a bomb, but most say the weaponization process would then take one to two years due to technical and political hurdles.
"Weaponizing" enrichment would not escape the notice of U.N. nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), unless it was done at a secret location.
Until now there have been no indications of any such covert diversion, a point made by the IAEA's incoming director-general shortly after his election earlier this month.
Current IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei has said it is his "gut feeling" that Iran is seeking at least the capability to build nuclear weapons, in order to protect itself from perceived regional and U.S. threats.
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Iran Could Have Atomic Bomb Within 6 Months: German Intel
Which I think is right in line with recent Israeli and American estimates. Though there have been so many lately it's getting hard to keep track of who's betting on what.
Other than the annihilation of either Israel or Iran, that is. . .
Newsmax:
Iran Could Have Atomic Bomb Within 6 Months: German Intel
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 9:03 AM
BERLIN -- Germany's BND foreign intelligence agency believes Iran is capable of producing and testing an atomic bomb within six months, much sooner than most analysts estimate, according to a report in German weekly Stern.
The report, which quotes BND experts, says the agency has information supporting the view that Iran has mastered the enrichment technology necessary to make a bomb and has enough centrifuges to make weaponized uranium.
"If they wanted to, they could detonate an atomic bomb in half a year's time," the story quoted a BND expert as saying.
The BND did not return two calls from Reuters seeking comment on the report.
Iran says its nuclear program is for electricity generation to help it export more of its oil and gas, but Western countries suspect it of trying to pursue a nuclear bomb.
The U.N. Security Council has imposed three sets of sanctions on Tehran for defying its demands to suspend uranium enrichment.
Some analysts say Iran may be close to having the required material for producing a bomb, but most say the weaponization process would then take one to two years due to technical and political hurdles.
"Weaponizing" enrichment would not escape the notice of U.N. nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), unless it was done at a secret location.
Until now there have been no indications of any such covert diversion, a point made by the IAEA's incoming director-general shortly after his election earlier this month.
Current IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei has said it is his "gut feeling" that Iran is seeking at least the capability to build nuclear weapons, in order to protect itself from perceived regional and U.S. threats.
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Fox: Iran Claims to Have Produced Its First Nuclear Fuel Rod TEHRAN, Iran – Iranian scientists have produced the nation's first nuclear fuel rod, a feat of engineering the West has doubted Tehran capable of, the country's nuclear agency said...
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Ynet News: Researcher: Iran can produce nuke within 2 months Airstrikes can no longer stop nuclear program, US can do nothing short of military occupation, says report Yitzhak Benhorin Published: 06.06.11, 09:04 The Iranian regime is closer than ever...
- "i Told You So" Just Doesn't Seem To Be Pleasing
IHT: Iran said to have enough nuclear fuel for one weapon Iran has now produced roughly enough nuclear material to make, with added purification, a single atom bomb, according to nuclear experts analyzing the latest report from global atomic...
- And For Those Who Shock Easily.."iaea Report Says Iran Has Bomb Plans"
OOPSIE, so sorry, Seymour Hersh. VIENNA — A document obtained by Iran on the nuclear black market serves no other purpose than to make an atomic bomb, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Tuesday. The finding was...
- Ahmadinejad Announces "we Are A Nuclear Country" - Could Have Bomb In 16 Days
Look where our diplomacy has gotten us. From Associated Press: TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Thursday that Iran won't back away from uranium enrichment and said the world must treat Iran as a nuclear power....