In news interviews which took place yesterday, Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told both CNN and Fox news that he believed Iran had enough fissile material for a bomb. Of course Mullen's spokesman, Capt. John Kirby, said Mullen was referring only to the International Atomic Energy Agency's finding that Iran has processed 2,222 pounds (1,010 kilograms) of low-enriched uranium.
This Washington D.C. based think-tank seems to have a much more optimistic view. They thought that Iran had enough enriched uranium back in December of 2008 for a Hiroshima sized nuclear weapon. They estimated that Iran would need another 2 to 3 months to actually transform that material into a bomb ... Lets see, since then Iran has test fired an ICBM, launching a satellite into orbit ... tick, tick, tick ...
Monday, March 2, 2009
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