Tech | November 06, 2009 | 4 comments

Iran tested advanced nuclear warhead design – secret report

source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/05/iran-tested-nuclear-warhead-design

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Looks like the US wasn't so wrong about Iran developing nuclear weapons...now multiple sources are leading to more unanswered questions...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/05/iran-tested-nuclear-warhead-design

excerpt below :

The UN's nuclear watchdog has asked Iran to explain evidence suggesting that Iranian scientists have experimented with an advanced nuclear warhead design, the Guardian has learned.

The very existence of the technology, known as a "two-point implosion" device, is officially secret in both the US and Britain, but according to previously unpublished documentation in a dossier compiled by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iranian scientists may have tested high-explosive components of the design. The development was today described by nuclear experts as "breathtaking" and has added urgency to the effort to find a diplomatic solution to the Iranian nuclear crisis.

The sophisticated technology, once mastered, allows for the production of smaller and simpler warheads than older models. It reduces the diameter of a warhead and makes it easier to put a nuclear warhead on a missile.

Documentation referring to experiments testing a two-point detonation design are part of the evidence of nuclear weaponisation gathered by the IAEA and presented to Iran for its response.
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4 comments // Iran tested advanced nuclear warhead design – secret report

  • freecrack
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      freecrack  

    • this is textbook behavior from bullys. taunt and taunt your percieved enemies hoping to facilitate a response.
      who are they defending themselves from again?
      what country threatened them before they began thier nuclear program?
      israel has never threatened attacking iran before this
      the us never threatened attacking before this
      its like samoa building nukes to protect themselves from whatever ficticious aggression supports thier politics

    • 2 years ago
  • remanns
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      remanns  

    • IRAN is a problem child.
      ".... Iran had explored nuclear warhead design for several years but had probably stopped in 2003. British, French and German officials have said they believe weaponisation continued after that date and may still be continuing".

    • 2 years ago
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