JD Vance has suggested Iran’s estimated 400kg (882lb) stockpile of enriched uranium, which is just short of weapons-grade, remains intact despite the recent US bombing campaign against Iran.
On Monday, the vice-president told Fox News that the location of the uranium “is not the question before us”, and said the relevant question was: “Can Iran enrich the uranium to weapons-grade level and can they convert that fuel into a nuclear weapon?”
The Iranian stockpile of uranium was believed to have been located mainly at Isfahan, which houses a conversion facility that turns uranium into the form that can be fed into centrifuges for enrichment.
and they should. they were just bombed by a nation known for its use of nuclear weapons on civilians. they need all the protection they can get.
The number one geopolitical strategic lesson of the past 10 years is “Get nukes and never ever ever give them up”
And not just Iran. But everyone will now rush to either build them or find friends who have plenty
Ukraine is the primary case study in my opinion, they gave up their nukes and got fucked for doing so
From what I read, Ukraine had no way of actually using the nukes they had.
True they didn’t have access to the launch codes at that time.
But they had physical access, which means they could have reverse engineered the needed components in a couple years tops.