Iranian President Ahmadinejad has asked Iran's Atomic Energy Organization to begin enriching uranium to 20%. Uranium enrichment for energy, or, 'peaceful purposes' needs to be enriched to around a modest 4.5%. So, ready to use deductive reasoning? 20% is about 5 times what is needed for energy, and just enough for an extremely crude nuclear weapon. Granted, trying to use a weapon which has this level of enrichment would probably not work the way they want it to, it is a step towards the desired 90% enrichment needed for efficient nuclear weapons. I would be expecting that Iran would begin talk of pulling out of the NPT soon. What this means for the area is varied. Will Israel admit to it's weapons now that Iran is openly perusing them? Only time will tell!
Megan Smith
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Time for Israel to bomb five underground enrichment facilities...
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