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Ex-intel chief: Iran has enough material for 4-5 nukes
Yoav Zitun
Published: 29.11.11, 16:52
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1. ARE BARAK & GANTZ AWAKE???
ZIMBI ,   NJUSA   (11.29.11)
2. So This Article Stated Once Again That IN-FACT
(11.29.11)
iran Has Lied About It's Secret Nuclear Program and the URANIUM It's Been ENRICHING To The 20% Mark IS Slated To be made into Weapons Grade With The Intention of being Mated To A Warhead and then Mated To It's ICBM? Why Has The World DRAGGED IT'S FEET FOR OVER A DECADE and put the region and The ISRAELI people in this Perdicament? russia/china Are World Powers With MOTIVES Not In Line With The Rest Of The Civilized World, ALL IN THE NAME OF MONEY/POWER and GREED!!! May the G-d of Avraham, Itzchak and Yacob Proctect His Covanents with The Hebrew/Jewish People!!!!!!!!!!!! Baruch Ha shem
3. What a surprise!
nibor ,   israel   (11.29.11)
4. bibi's vacation
GG   (11.29.11)
is bibi going to take vacation?
5. SOMEONE WILL COME UP
MAHMOOD ,   LONDON-UK   (11.29.11)
With a figure of 7 to 8 bombs in the next few weeks.So far as the missiles are concerned...............they are no 150,000 missiles and they are aren't accurate.So relax,readers!!
6. Iran's nukes must go. Period.
Chaim ,   Israel   (11.29.11)
It would be intolerable to allow the Mad Mullahs to build nukes, when they've threatened many times, to use them on Israel. We should take the Mad Mullahs at their word. Many people also thought Hitler was engaging in hyperbole when he threatened to destroy European Jewry. Iran's nukes must go. Period.
7. Time to take out the iranian leadership
jason white ,   afula, israel   (11.29.11)
and revolutionary guard with neutron bombs.
8. What I think it means.
Daniel ,   Tracy USA   (11.29.11)
Ok so reading into the article it means the following to me. 1. Iran has 20% Plutonium which could be used for weapons. 2. The only person who managed to get a 20% yield is no longer, and it seems he did not have an successors who could do the job. 3. Their long range missile facility is no longer, not that they might not have others but the main facility is destroyed. 4. Despite conflicting reports we believe on of the major facilities vital to creating Plutonium to 20% yield has been damaged or destroyed. Based on this I would assume or can deduce that some very targeted operations are going on in order to hinder or stop any further progress on Iran becoming a nuclear power. We can deduce that operations will continue in order to reduce the threat further moving forward. So what do we do about the 20% Plutonium that Iran already has? Another work accident perhaps? You don't even need a mushroom cloud, you can achieve a means to an end with a dirty bomb as well. I can only hope that the international powers and others continue to work to dismantle Iran's nuclear program. The US and the EU both gave Iran the option to build them low level reactors which used a much lower grade uranium and is much safer using the newest technology. Iran refused! The reason I can deduce is because they wanted to use the older technology to hide their weapons program. They even were willing to process the uranium for Iran if they would stop doing it themselves. It is ridiculous to think that Iran has any other ambitions than to become a nuclear power. They will continue down this path claiming peaceful purposes until we get to the point where military action becomes the only action we can take. My hope is we can degrade their abilities to the point where they can no longer continue, and hopefully get there without having to take any direct action.
9. What me worry? Israel should stop worrying
Stephen in New York   (11.29.11)
and learn to love the bomb. Isn’t that what many who post here advise? Mutually Assured Destruction will guarantee that the Iranian bomb is never used, they say. These innocents are not aware of Iranian experiments to launch ballistic missiles from containers on ships.
10. "military capabilities that are better than Israel's."
Robert ,   Australia   (11.30.11)
A former IDF general admitting that Israel's military isn't the best in the world? That will come as a surprise to most of the posters here.
11. # !0-learn to read
Stephen in New York   (11.30.11)
refers to capabilities, not who is best.
12. #9 ??
Frank-el ,   Seattle USA   (11.30.11)
You"re correct. Israel and folks like you have certainly are in love with Israeli nukes, so time to grow up and extend your "love" to others. Israel started the deadly game in the ME with an illegal weapons program that used deception tactics similar to Iran's so grow up and face the music. What you miss is that the world doesn't want Iran OR Israel to have nuclear weapons...sort of like India and Pakistan. Not a good mix, eh? Here's a thought: Israel offers to disarm all its nuclear weapons and surrender all fissile material to the IAEA if Iran ceases its entire program (reactors included) and also surrenders all fissile materials. Now that would be real leadership. Declare the ME a nuclear free zone. Not to worry, Israeli will maintain a huge conventional weapons superiority courtesy of Israel's control of USA politicians. And where do you get this silly ballistic-missile-in-a-box idea? Cruise missiles, which could fit in a container, are not ballistic and Iran is at least 10 years away from miniaturizing a nuclear warhead. And since you're obstensibly an American, I suggest you worry a lot more about North Korea's real nuclear weapons and stop gnashing your teeth over Iran's dreams.
13. Iran already has 7 to 8 nuclear warheads...
Avi ,   Israel   (11.30.11)
A potential war with Iran would prove fatal o Israel because we do NOT have the strategic depth. One blow to Tel-Aviv and we can kiss Israel good bye...
14. #12-Russia already advertises as available for export a miss
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Russia already advertises as available for export a missile launching container product.
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