Can Iran produce 20 percent-enriched uranium?

Posted by Matt in February 8th, 2010 | 1 comment

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Yes. Though Iran may encounter some challenges, it is technically equipped to produce 19.75 percent enriched uranium at the Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant (note, any uranium enriched to under 20 percent U-235 is classified by the IAEA as LEU; uranium enriched to 20 percent or greater is classified as high enriched uranium (HEU).
If Iran were [...]

Iran ‘ready to swap uranium for fuel’ – CNN.com

Posted by Matt in December 13th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Cancer Research, Cnn, Foreign Minister, Iran Iran, Iranian Media, Islamic Republic Of Iran, Kilograms, Kish Island, Reactor, Republic Of Iran, Uranium

Iran is ready to give up some enriched uranium in exchange for fuel that would power a reactor used in cancer research, the country’s foreign minister said Sunday, according to Iranian media.
“We have explicitly declared that Iran is ready to exchange some 400 kilograms of 3.5 percent enriched uranium in Iran’s Kish Island and receive [...]

Forecast 2009

Posted by Matt in April 6th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Geopolitical, Black Death, centrifuges, Chemical Warheads, Cities Of Israel, Commodity Production, Educational System, Fight To The Death, Forecast, Great Depression, Hamas, hezbollah, Iran Iran, Knock Down, Missiles, Never Again, Nuclear Warhead, Nuclear Warheads, Population One, Rapprochement, Russian Power, Stratfor, Subprime Mortgage Crisis

Stratfor gave itself an F for completely missing the subprime mortgage crisis. The biggest economic story since the great depression, and Stratfor completely missed it. Ouch!
I think Stratfor’s analysis of Russia is correct in that Russia is in a long-term decline. Short-term, however, anything goes. By short-term I mean the next 15 to 20 years.
Strafor’s [...]

Iran to get ICBMs before missile shield deployed

Posted by Matt in June 24th, 2008 | no comment

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Meanwhile experts believe Iran will be able to produce inter-continental ballistic missiles capable of reaching Europe, and possibly America, by 2015. Some intelligence reports suggest Iran will have obtained the amount of uranium needed for a nuclear weapon much sooner.
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Connecting the Dots
The articles below show Iran developing the technology to enrich uranium, build a [...]

Iran Achieves a Four-Front Missile Command, Breakthrough on Nuclear Missile Warheads

Posted by Matt in May 31st, 2008 | no comment

Published in Iran, Missiles, Syria, arrow, Breakthrough, Centralized Control, Gaza, Incoming Missiles, Iran Iran, iranians, Military Experts, Missile Command, Missile Defense Systems, Missile Design, Missile Interceptors, Missile Warheads, Missiles Design, Nuclear Missile, Nuclear Warheads, Patriot Missile, Payloads, Syria Lebanon, Technical Difficulties, tehran

There are two significant developments going on at the same time concerning Iran. Iran is now in command of missiles stationed in Syria, Lebanon, Gaza and Iran. Next, Iran has achieved a breakthrough in missile design in order to accommodate nuclear warheads.
From the article:
Military experts comment that Tehran’s centralized control of four hostile missile fronts [...]