A continuing U.N. analysis of Iran’s nuclear capabilities suggests the Middle Eastern state might have tested explosive elements of a “two-point implosion” technology that could be used in producing smaller nuclear warheads, the London Guardian reported yesterday (see GSN, Nov. 5).
The design, which uses explosives to simultaneously compress two ends of a football-shaped fissile “pit,” is “a more elegant” means of detonating a nuclear bomb than primitive triggers that can rely on dozens of compression points, said one diplomat with knowledge of the undisclosed International Atomic Energy Agency report (see GSN, Oct. 5). If successfully incorporated, the technology would help produce warheads more easily fitted on missiles.
NTI: Global Security Newswire – Iran Studied Advanced Nuke Trigger, IAEA Findings Suggest
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