https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-761161
Iran can produce enough fissile material for a nuclear bomb in less than two weeks, the United States warned as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday held a security assessment with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant that focused on threats from the Islamic Republic.
“It is assessed that Iran is not pursuing a nuclear weapons program at this time,” US Defense Department stated in a report it published on Friday called the “Strategy for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction” in 2023.
Israel has long warned that Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons is a top global threat, but the US stated that when it came to weapons of mass destruction it was most concerned with China and Russia.
Those two nations “present the principle weapons of mass destruction challenge,” the report stated.
North Korea, Iran and violent extremist organizations “remain persistent regional threats that must be addressed,” the report explained.
A gas flare on an oil production platform in the Soroush oil fields is seen alongside an Iranian flag in the Persian Gulf, Iran, July 25, 2005 (credit: RAHEB HOMAVANDI/REUTERS)
Iran, in specific, it noted, “has the capacity to produce enough fissile material for a nuclear device in less than two weeks.”
It’s a conclusion that confirms statements US Defense officials have already said in the last half year.
Iran can produce enough fissile material for a nuclear bomb in less than two weeks, the United States warned as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday held a security assessment with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant that focused on threats from the Islamic Republic.
“It is assessed that Iran is not pursuing a nuclear weapons program at this time,” US Defense Department stated in a report it published on Friday called the “Strategy for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction” in 2023.
Israel has long warned that Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons is a top global threat, but the US stated that when it came to weapons of mass destruction it was most concerned with China and Russia.
Those two nations “present the principle weapons of mass destruction challenge,” the report stated.
North Korea, Iran and violent extremist organizations “remain persistent regional threats that must be addressed,” the report explained.
Iran, in specific, it noted, “has the capacity to produce enough fissile material for a nuclear device in less than two weeks.”
It’s a conclusion that confirms statements US Defense officials have already said in the last half year.
