MIT taught Iran how to make nuclear bombs

[Delta4Embassy]

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Is a photocopy of a newspaper article from 1975. Can't copy text from it.

 

[TNHarley]

They didn't teach them to make bombs. Did you read the article?

 

[Delta4Embassy]

They didn't teach them to make bombs. Did you read the article?

MIT engineering graduate students built a working atomic bomb (sans fissile material) for Congress in the wake of 9/11 to show them how easy it is.

With all the fuss lately about Iran's nuclear program it's important to remember where they got that nuclear program. They got it from us when they were still our buddies.

 

[TNHarley]

They didn't teach them to make bombs. Did you read the article?

MIT engineering graduate students built a working atomic bomb (sans fissile material) for Congress in the wake of 9/11 to show them how easy it is.

With all the fuss lately about Iran's nuclear program it's important to remember where they got that nuclear program. They got it from us when they were still our buddies.

And the old WMD's we found in Iraq were ours too. Its fucked up

 

[Delta4Embassy]

They didn't teach them to make bombs. Did you read the article?

MIT engineering graduate students built a working atomic bomb (sans fissile material) for Congress in the wake of 9/11 to show them how easy it is.

With all the fuss lately about Iran's nuclear program it's important to remember where they got that nuclear program. They got it from us when they were still our buddies.

And the old WMD's we found in Iraq were ours too. Its fucked up

Iraq had a chemical and biological program, dunno about nuclear. Had that reactor the Israelis destroyed,
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Dunno if they'd started nuclear weapons though or whether they were still at it by the time Gulf Wars 1 n 2 happened.

More to fear though from bio weapons than nuclear. A mushroom cloud is overt, a germ designed to infect by inhaltion happens discreetly.

 

[waltky]

Granny says, "Looks like the revenuers is makin' `em take their still down...

Iran has begun dismantling nuclear facilities: UN watchdog
18 Nov.`15 -- Iran has begun dismantling parts of its nuclear programme, as agreed under July's landmark deal with major powers, a UN atomic watchdog report showed Wednesday. Iran "has started removing centrifuges and related infrastructure" at both the Natanz and Fordo enrichment facilities, said the restricted International Atomic Energy Agency quarterly report, seen by AFP.

Under the July 14 deal that ended a potentially dangerous decade-long standoff, Iran undertook to dramatically scale back its nuclear programme. These steps, coupled with increased UN oversight, are aimed at making it much more difficult for Iran to develop nuclear weapons, an aim it has always denied. They include slashing by two-thirds the number of centrifuges, machines which can "enrich" or purify uranium to make it suitable for peaceful uses but also for a nuclear weapon.

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspector disconnects the twin cascades for 20 percent uranium production at the nuclear power plant of Natanz​

In addition, Iran pledged to change the design of a new reactor at Arak in order to reduce sharply the amount of plutonium produced, the alternative to uranium for a bomb. In return, the six major powers -- the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany -- have agreed to lift sanctions imposed on the Islamic republic. The accord was formally adopted by all parties on October 18 and "Implementation Day", when it enters into force, is expected in the coming weeks or months.

- Some way to go -

The IAEA report showed though that despite taking out around a quarter of its roughly 19,000 installed centrifuges, Iran still has some way to go before all its commitments are met. So far 4,500 centrifuges have been removed at Natanz and Fordo, the IAEA report showed, meaning it still has to take out roughly another 10,000 to get to the target of 5,000. In addition, no preparatory work has taken place at Arak, the IAEA's report showed, and Iran's stock of enriched uranium gas grew to around 8.3 tonnes (18,300 pounds), an increase of 460 kilos. Under the July deal, this stock -- which could in theory be purified to weapons-grade -- has to be slashed to just 300 kilos.

Separately to verifying that Iran downscales its activities, the Vienna-based IAEA is also probing allegations that at least until 2003, Iran conducted research into developing nuclear weapons. The watchdog is aiming to compile a final report on these so-called "possible military dimensions" of Iran's activities by December 15, although diplomats say it could be released before that. Iran says that the allegations are false and based on bogus intelligence provided to a gullible and partial IAEA by the likes of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Israel's Mossad.

Iran has begun dismantling nuclear facilities: UN watchdog