(Wall Street Journal) John Miller - The International Atomic Energy Agency reported that Iran had exceeded the agreed limits, quantity of uranium, enrichment levels, the number and types of centrifuges, and the continuing research and development of metal compounds used in missile development. No country without a nuclear-weapons program operates facilities buried under remote mountains and strives for faster centrifuges and more-highly enriched uranium. None of that makes sense for civilian energy programs. In a remarkable chart released in May, U.S. military weapons experts assessed that by 2035 Iran would have space-launched vehicles to carry conventional or nuclear missiles that could fly orbital paths and reach the U.S. The U.S. also predicted that by 2035 Iran would have 60 intercontinental ballistic missiles. Those are some of the arguments that likely swayed President Trump to see an increasing threat from Iran. For Israel, the threat isn't halfway around the world or 10 years off. The writer served as the New York City Police Department's deputy commissioner of intelligence and counterterrorism, 2014-22.
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