It’s a political decision not a technical challenge that is the reason they do not have a functional weapon. If they decided today to manufacture one, it would take approximately 5 days for them to accumulate the required mass of HEU needed for a weapon and approximately 3 to 6 months for them to fashion the core into a deliverable weapon. Than probably another 6 months to miniaturize it into a warhead that could be usable on a ballistic missile for delivery
It should be noted that even though the article is saying they reached 84% purity it’s being slightly manipulative as Iran did not accumulate 84% enriched uranium which would be the real issue if they did. They have still not gone above 60% accumulated
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Reply to comment by 93scaro in Iran acknowledges accusation it enriched uranium to 84% by bildo72
It’s a political decision not a technical challenge that is the reason they do not have a functional weapon. If they decided today to manufacture one, it would take approximately 5 days for them to accumulate the required mass of HEU needed for a weapon and approximately 3 to 6 months for them to fashion the core into a deliverable weapon. Than probably another 6 months to miniaturize it into a warhead that could be usable on a ballistic missile for delivery
It should be noted that even though the article is saying they reached 84% purity it’s being slightly manipulative as Iran did not accumulate 84% enriched uranium which would be the real issue if they did. They have still not gone above 60% accumulated