(Washington Times) George H. Wittman - It has been known in the nuclear arms community for the last six years that the Iranians had secured enough enriched U-235 for the creation of a first-generation implosion bomb. The construction of an actual bomb small enough to be dropped from a transport plane, or carried by a fishing trawler or small freighter, has been judged to be available since 2010. Figures from the Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control point to Iran's ability to create seven bombs if the enrichment of uranium was brought to 90%. Valerie Lincy and Gary Milhollin of the Wisconsin Project wrote on Feb. 24 that only 1.7 months would be necessary "to produce enough enriched uranium for one bomb."
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