comments

Iran working on 4-year plan to test a neutron initiator

Intelligence documents suggest that Iran has been working to test a neutron initiator – the component used to trigger the explosion of a nuclear bomb – since it supposedly suspended its nuclear weapons program in 2003.

RELATED ARTICLESExplain
⌅
Amanpour CNN
⌃
Iran
⌃
What does Iran want?
⌃
Does Iran want to acquire nuclear weapons?
⌃
Iran intends to acquire nuclear weapons
■
Iran working on 4-year plan to test a neutron initiator
↳
Leaked intelligence documents are genuine
↳
Tests involve use of uranium deneutride
↳
Uranium deneutride has no other use than its use for a nuclear bomb
⇤
Iran is seeking nuclear latency
⇤
Iran's nuclear program is civilian and peaceful
□
Implications if Iran intends to develop nuclear weapons?
□
2009 IAEA internal report says Iran has data to make a nuclear bomb
□
Iran believes acquisition of nuclear weapons is in its interests
□
Iran seeking to master most sensitive parts of the nuclear fuel cycle
□
Natural for Iranians (as it is for US) to want nuclear weapons
□
US National Intelligence Assesment (Nov 2007) suggests not
□
Graph of this discussion
Enter the title of your article


Enter a short (max 500 characters) summation of your article
Enter the main body of your article
Lock
+Comments (0)
+Citations (1)
+About
Enter comment

Select article text to quote
welcome text

First name   Last name 

Email

Skip