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Iran Accelerating Nuclear Timetable
(Ynet News) Ron Ben-Yishai - If Iran continues to enrich uranium at the current pace, it will become a "nuclear threshold" country within a year. The data indicate that Iran has significantly increased the pace of its uranium enrichment over the past four months. Most of the efforts to speed up the enrichment process are concentrated in Fordo, where Iran will eventually produce weapons grade uranium. The facility in Fordo is situated inside a mountain and is protected by layers of rock. Should the Iranians continue to enrich uranium at the current pace, by January or February of 2013 Iran would be only about two months away from producing weapons-grade uranium for a nuclear warhead or bomb - a "nuclear threshold" situation. Iran believes that a reliable nuclear arsenal containing a number of nuclear warheads would prevent a military strike and even serve as a bargaining chip to lift the harsh economic sanctions imposed by the West.