So what? Japan did the exact same thing. They researched the bomb and all the pieces, and made and set aside the raw materials required. And then sat on it all, never building or testing even one bomb, because they don't like, want, or need nukes. But in the event of a war, they could put those pieces together and start producing bombs in a week, just in case. I can't fault Iran for taking that same exact path, in fact I'd think they were dumb if they hadn't.
They never had the required mass of enriched uranium. Japan has very low BGR and very little radioactive materials.
They DID have a nuclear program, and post-war analysis says it was a solid design, it may have worked.
They are thought to have made a single test, but it didn't "go boom" and just left an area with some high BGR in Korea (or China, I forget).
Q: If they'd made a working A-Bomb (or 2), do you doubt Germany or Japan would not have used it? Moscow & London, Pearl Harbor and LA? Even in early '45 that would have changed everything.
So why wouldn't Iran do what it has sworn to do for 50 years now?
So what? Japan did the exact same thing. They researched the bomb and all the pieces, and made and set aside the raw materials required. And then sat on it all, never building or testing even one bomb, because they don't like, want, or need nukes. But in the event of a war, they could put those pieces together and start producing bombs in a week, just in case. I can't fault Iran for taking that same exact path, in fact I'd think they were dumb if they hadn't.
They never had the required mass of enriched uranium. Japan has very low BGR and very little radioactive materials.
They DID have a nuclear program, and post-war analysis says it was a solid design, it may have worked.
They are thought to have made a single test, but it didn't "go boom" and just left an area with some high BGR in Korea (or China, I forget).
Q: If they'd made a working A-Bomb (or 2), do you doubt Germany or Japan would not have used it? Moscow & London, Pearl Harbor and LA? Even in early '45 that would have changed everything.
So why wouldn't Iran do what it has sworn to do for 50 years now?