IDF Intelligence: Iran Has the Technical Capability to Build a Nuclear Bomb

(Jerusalem Post) Iran now has the technical capability to build a nuclear bomb and the only element lacking is the decision to go ahead and build one, Brig.-Gen. Yossi Baidatz, head of IDF Military Intelligence's research division, told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday. Baidatz said Iran had successfully enriched 1,800 kg. of uranium, more than enough to build one bomb. Baidatz also said that Iran had been upgrading its missile arsenal, and had developed missiles with the capability of carrying nuclear weapons that can reach Israel.


2009-12-08 08:16:45

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