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sir pball

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33. Honestly, it's irrelvant. Iran has been 6 months from a bomb for 20 years now.

Wed Jun 18, 2025, 11:46 PM

Jun 18

They have the fissile material, the enriched uranium and/or plutonium - once any reasonably industrial state has that, actually building a bomb is a relatively simple exercise that shouldn't take more than half a year. Nuclear weapons are no longer a dark art, the basic plans are available on Reddit…the only hard part is getting the fuel.

Iran doesn't have a bomb because they don't want to make one, not because they can't. Japan could also have one in six months but nobody is complaining about them…

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] PeaceWave Jun 18 OP

Oh, FFS. Deja vu. And we never learn. Scrivener7 Jun 18 #1

LOL Prairie Gates Jun 18 #9

Had Obama decided to act militarily to dismantle their program I'd feel much more comfortable about US involvement. BannonsLiver Jun 18 #2

This is what gives me pause Delarage Jun 18 #7

Very good points Strelnikov_ Jun 18 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author wcmagumba Jun 18 #3

Certainly can't be because there's a neighbor that will lob missiles at you if they find you trying nuclear power ck4829 Jun 18 #4

Yep, it's debatable which is the rogue state...the one doing ethnic cleansing... brush Jun 18 #26

because Israel is constantly blowing up things in iran? msongs Jun 18 #5

If Iran was building a nuclear weapon, theyd have one by now. SSJVegeta Jun 18 #6

Make any reply you want Prairie Gates Jun 18 #8

I read the opposite, crim son Jun 18 #10

trump has nukes LuvLoogie Jun 19 #36

I agree. I feel like this is a boil that needs to be lanced. Crunchy Frog Jun 18 #11

Great, are you going to enlist? choie Jun 18 #30

Congratulations! That's what all the Putin trolls on Xitter say Crunchy Frog Jun 18 #32

The truth hurts. choie Jun 19 #34

Post removed Post removed Jun 19 #35

Gabbard is now considered a reliable source sarisataka Jun 18 #12

What are your practical suggestions to solve this concern? Torchlight Jun 18 #13

Trump exists jmowreader Jun 18 #14

Some civilizations... 2naSalit Jun 18 #16

Funny thing though you see, they filled it up with centrifuges, not people nt EX500rider Jun 18 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Jun 20 #48

I'm sorry, but the contention that Iran is NOT trying to build nuclear weapons ... Straw Man Jun 18 #17

Netanyahu has been claiming that Iran was close to a nuclear bomb for 30 years AZProgressive Jun 18 #21

Pfft. Facts. Who needs them? AloeVera Jun 18 #27

They have probably been WORKING on one for 30 years. Straw Man Jun 19 #38

no idea if this is true- mopinko Jun 18 #18

Of course they are trying to build a nuclear weapon. Do some people really not believe that? beaglelover Jun 18 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Jun 18 #23

We gave them the nuclear and no they don't have weapons Blue Full Moon Jun 18 #20

It's well known that Iran has a stockpile of 60% enriched uranium NickB79 Jun 18 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Jun 19 #43

They aint building any nukes any time soon after what Israel did to them. nt LexVegas Jun 18 #25

Of course they are building nuclear weapons. The question is whether bombing the shit out of the civilian population meadowlander Jun 18 #28

I believe ILikePie92 Jun 18 #29

God, from many on this thread you'd think Iran bombed the shit out of Israel. brush Jun 18 #31

Honestly, it's irrelvant. Iran has been 6 months from a bomb for 20 years now. sir pball Jun 18 #33

Japan and Iran are not comparable.. GaYellowDawg Jun 19 #41

Maybe because fortified underground fortresses are cool? 0rganism Jun 19 #37

"Luxemburg's the next to go, and who knows, maybe Monaco. Seeking Serenity Jun 19 #39

So. GaYellowDawg Jun 19 #40

nonsense Cerulean Southpaw Jun 19 #42

They are hiding all the "yellow cake" some nameless country told us was being used in Iraq after 9/11., Jit423 Jun 19 #44

And yet the only stuff they have moved under ground is their nuclear weapons program. EX500rider Jun 19 #45

Wrong - they have underground "missile bases" womanofthehills Jun 19 #46

Underground missile bases would be part of their nuclear program IMO EX500rider Jun 19 #47