"Natanz was constructed to house 50,000 centrifuges," Stephen Rademaker, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation, told reporters in Moscow. "Using those 50,000 centrifuges they could produce enough highly enriched uranium for a nuclear weapon in 16 days."
Rademaker, whose stunning "nukes-in-days" prediction was first reported by Bloomberg News, offered his comments in reaction to Saeedi's announcement.
While it's not clear how quickly Iran could reach the 50,000 centrifuge mark, there are indications that the rogue nation is already much closer than indicated by Tuesday's announcement.
Last August, an exiled Iranian dissident who helped uncover nearly two decades of covert nuclear activity in 2002, told the Associated Press that Iran has already manufactured thousands of centrifuges capable of enriching uranium to weapons grade.
"4,000 centrifuge machines have not been declared to the IAEA," Alireza Jafarzadeh said. "And the regime has kept the production of these machines hidden from the inspectors while the negotiations with the European Union have been going on over the past 21 months."
The Natanz facility is buried 75 feet underground and has a reinforced concrete roof, according to GlobalSecurity.org.
2 comments:
If it is true that Iran could build Nukes in 'Days,' then they best be prepared to become the newest, hottest target in 'days' to come.
While they can threaten and bluster, they forget that other than oil and their uranium, there is nothing the rest of the world needs from Iran.
Neither commodity won't do them much good if they're leveled, pulverized or welded.
It behooves the more sensible, intelligent moderate Iranians to remind their fearles fanatic leader that Iran is but a speck in the grand theme of things, and their entire existence-not Allah's-is at stake.
While they may "take some of us out," they've submitted their resignation from the entire human race.
Absolutely. The whole point being that we cannot take the chance of waiting to see how long it will take iran to build NUKES, if they don't stop enriching Uranium as demanded by the Security Council, we may not have a choice in the matter. We may need to take out Iran's nuke program.
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