Iran has completed the development of a nuclear weapon and awaits nothing more than a sign from Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to start assembling its first nuclear bomb, said Israeli Military Intelligence Chief Major General Aviv Kochavi on Thursday, February 2. Assembling a bomb would take up to a year, Kochavi estimated. With 100 kilograms of uranium enriched to 20 percent grade and another 4 tons of uranium enriched to 3.5 percent already in stock, Iran would need another two years to make four nuclear bombs.
Therefore, by the end of 2012 or early 2013 Iran may have a single nuclear bomb, but by 2015 the figure would jump to four or five.
The officer was essentially amplifying the words of his predecessor, Maj. Gen. (res.) Amos Yadlin, who said on Jan. 26 that as long ago as 2007 or 2008, Iran had already passed the point of no return in developing nuclear weapons. Kochavi agreed with him that none of the sanctions imposed thus far had persuaded Iran to slow down, least of all shut down, its drive for a nuclear weapon.
His comments coincided with the findings published Thursday by the Enterprise Institute, an American think tank, that Iran would be able to manufacture a 15-kiloton nuclear bomb as soon as August of this year, just seven months from now.
Also Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister Moshe Yaalon disclosed that the big blast at the Iranian missile base near Tehran last November blew up a new missile system with a range of 10,000 kilometers, capable of targeting the United States.
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siteunseen says,
If it reaches the US, we’d have to be the most idiotic country on the planet. Iran is very backward. The fact that they’ve never completed a nuclear weapon until now makes them even more doubtful as to their capabilities. This is all spin and they’ve got no evidence to prove this. It’s coming from the people who want to invade Iran, just as they invaded Iraq. CFR, Bilderbergers, Tri-Lateralists. Syria, Egypt, Libya were on the list. It’s the big takeover of the Middle East to envelope all of their countries into a Globalist Agenda. Don’t believe everything you read. It’s an evil conspiracy.
on 04 February 2012 / 4:55 PM
Jumacco says,
Iran put themselves into that situation;instead of trying to developed good relationships with countries around the world to improve her citizens, they are busy working towards human destruction.even if every thing is not to be believed,are we to disregard also the president’s statement ? Barely less than a year he assumed office that a certain country has no reason for existence. What authority has he to commission countries? Do you need to allow him to start eliminating countries he do not like before tracking and stoping him?
on 07 March 2012 / 11:53 PM
siteunseen says,
If Iran would strike it would be Israel…don’t sweat it…Israel has 300 Nuclear Weapons. What about Star Wars…this is all made up.
on 04 February 2012 / 4:58 PM
Barbara J Struble says,
If this true, the bomb is on the way. I believe Iran will strike US because Obama is weak kneed and will do nothing. Islams have tried to destroy Israel many times militarily and could not do it. Now they are trying politically – with U.S. help.
Peace,
on 04 February 2012 / 6:36 PM
Donald Berrian says,
So what? Stalin had that capability 50 years ago and Mao not long after. The North Koreans have been able to Nuke Hawaii for several years too.
The only thing that makes Iran look dangerous is our recently acquired habit of running around attacking countries that haven’t attacked anyone. Let’s remember Christ’s advice “Those that live by the sword, die by the sword” and show a little restraint.
The Iranian government wants an attack from Israel or the US to unite their people behind the government and solve their internal problems. We should disappoint them and make sure the Israelis are muzzled as well so we don’t get blamed for their lunacy.
on 04 February 2012 / 10:13 PM
wager says,
Donald. Having lost 6.5 million Jews in WWII, it is unlikely the leaders of Israel are going to sit around and hope Iran is bluffing. It is more likely that within the next six months Israel will take the threat of an Iranian bomb seriously and knock it out the way they knocked out the nuclear plant in Syria two years ago. We cannot bury our heads in the sand when there are nukes are involved. We know from the UN inspectors that Iran has enriched to 20%. Think what they are doing underground.
on 05 February 2012 / 7:18 PM
siteunseen says,
Did you know the following: Iran is supposed to be having another election soon. The US has closed down Irans Central Bank, and they’ve turned to Russia for help. They now won’t accept American Dollar for Oil. China and Russia are backing Iran. Iran announced over a month ago that its foreign currency reserves would henceforth be held in euros rather than dollars. Bankers remember, of course, what happened to the last Middle East oil producer to sell its oil in euros rather than dollars. A few months after Saddam Hussein trumpeted his decision, the Americans and British invaded Iraq. So far we’ve done the following: Sent Drones over Iran. CIA Agents in Iran. Disrupted their oil market by promoting sanctions (people could starve due to sanctions). Threatened them with invasion, et al. You want to see a World War III? It’s coming because of United Nations and United States which is complicit in all of this nation building, monetary defragmentation of currencies, and overall rotten negotiations with World Banks and Powers. We’ve got egg on our faces right now. Who will end this debacle? Ron Paul 2012.
on 05 February 2012 / 4:10 PM