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Thu Mar 1, 2012, 03:01 PM Mar 2012

Iran's nuclear weapons facility is apparently called "Frodo". Watch out for Gollum! My precious...

LOL - Elon Musk tweeted:

http://twitter.com/#!/elonmusk/statuses/171994406587604992

Elon Musk

Iran's nuclear weapons facility is apparently called "Frodo". Watch out for Gollum! My precious... slate.me/z87kbj

8:27 AM - 21 Feb 12


The article he linked to:

http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/02/19/iran_halts_oil_exports_to_britain_france_amid_uranium_enrichment_report.html?wpisrc=twitter_socialflow

Oil Prices Rise to Nine-Month High

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The Associated Press hears word that Iran is ready to greatly expand its uranium enrichment program at its underground Frodo facility. Diplomats say Tehran looks ready to install “thousands of new-generation centrifuges” that can produce enriched uranium much more quickly.

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