From USA Today:
A new report that says Iran may need as little as a month to produce enough uranium for a nuclear bomb is further evidence for why Israel will take military action before that happens, an Israeli defense official said Friday.
"We have made it crystal clear – in all possible forums, that Israel will not stand by and watch Iran develop weaponry that will put us, the entire Middle East and eventually the world, under an Iranian umbrella of terror," Danny Danon, Israel's deputy defense minister told USA TODAY.
Iran is developing and installing new and advanced centrifuges that enable Iran to enrich even low-enriched uranium to weapons grade uranium needed for nuclear weapons within weeks, Danon said.
"This speedy enrichment capability will make timely detection and effective response to an Iranian nuclear breakout increasingly difficult," he said.
"Breakout" refers to the time needed to convert low-enriched uranium to weapons-grade uranium. On Thursday, the Institute for Science and International Security issued a report stating that Iran could reach that breakout in as little as one month based in part on Iran's own revelations about its nuclear program.
"If they use all their centrifuges ... and their stockpiles of low- and medium-enriched uranium, that would take one to 1.6 months," said David Albright, president of the institute and a former inspector for the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency.
The report comes as the White House is trying to persuade Congress not to go ahead with a bill to stiffen sanctions on Iran to force it to open up its program to inspection. The White House on Thursday invited senate staffers to a meeting on Iran strategy for negotiations that are to resume next month with Iran, it said.
I wonder how people are envisioning the aftermath?
ReplyDeleteEspecially if, as I suspect, this is NOT going to be a bunch of F-15's and 16's flying 1000 miles.
Is Syria's state going to be inflamed, overthrown, quiet down?
Is Hizballah going to do nothing as Iran responds with a SATURATION shower of missiles.
What KIND of weapons will be used in response?
What happens if Israel does something REALLY out of the blue, like an EMP attack?
Is Hizballah HERE in the USA going to remain silent?
Will KSA, now disgusted with the USA, ally in the background with the enemies, and overcome a century of organized wahabbi racism for long enough to destroy the shiabomb?
Is Abqaiq going to end a smoking ruin?
Fill your tanks people. The next tank despite supply not being a big problem here, will be more expensive. Oil is a worldwide commodity, with a worldwide price-supply equation.