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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/14/AR2009121403729.html
Evidence of Iran's Nuclear Arms Expertise Mounts
(Washington Post) Joby Warrick - Long denied access to foreign technology because of sanctions, Iran has nevertheless learned how to make virtually every bolt and switch in a nuclear weapon. Internal documents and expert analysis point to a growing Iranian mastery of disciplines including uranium metallurgy, heavy-water production and the high-precision explosives used to trigger a nuclear detonation. "They're slowly weaning themselves off a reliance on importing critical technologies, in favor of being able to manufacture critical components themselves," said Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, a retired CIA officer and former Energy Department intelligence director.