By Josh Emberton
The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) reports that Iran will have enough low-enriched Uranium to make a nuclear bomb sometime this year. The specifics on the exact date are hard to say however it is important to note that having low-enriched Uranium is different than having a nuclear bomb. This is key point because often times people confuse this development with having a nuclear bomb. Making weapons of this magnitude isn't as easy as some may led to believe because the United States has so many.
The article goes on to expresses doubt over the US report that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program six years ago. A rather unnerving claim especially since we have already had some major intelligence failures over the last decade.
Furthermore, Iran has been working long-range missiles that can reach Israel and beyond. There could very well be a correlation between the two programs. The IISS 'recommends a mixture of a carrot and stick response from the international community.'
The importance of this article is that this is the very subject we were talking about in class and is rather ironic to have just developed on the same day.
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