The way I see things no nuclear facility should ever be bombed, ever.
Comment on Director General Grossi’s Statement to UNSC on Situation in Iran | IAEA
Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I am no supporter of the aytollahs, but I highly doubt nuclear facilities are for civilian use only. They would be stupid to not use them for military programs (perhaps in an indirect manner).
This doesn’t change the fact that attacking such facilities is dangerous, but we should differentiate when countries truly use nuclear power for peaceful purposes only.
solo@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
wewbull@feddit.uk 1 week ago
So all countries should just have a free hand to develop nuclear weapons?
keepthepace@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
They enrich uranium up to 60%. It is very costly and there is no civilian need for that. No one believes it is a civilian program.
I am very critical of Israel on Gaza, but on the Iranian nuclear program, there has been decades of procrastination, ambivalence and, since the last Trump episode, downright idiocy, in the handling of the diplomatic discussion. I kinda believe it when they say we were at the point where strikes were the only option to avoid a nuclear Iran.
Then again, the world pretends that Israel has no nukes whereas it is an open secret. All the other nuclear nations, including Pakistan and India, consider that the only way to be safe in such a situation is the MAD doctrine. Yet we expect Iran to stop its nuclear program and pretend its main enemy has none. I am not sure how idiotic we thought they are but even to religious fanatics it was pretty obvious that the only way for them was to have their own secret program.
This is a complex clusterfuck where you can’t easily split the actors as good guys/bad guys. There are lots of rational decisions and lots of totally idiotic religion-fueled ethnic hatred.
wewbull@feddit.uk 1 week ago
To give people context, reactor fuel only needs 1-3% enrichment. Weapons grade is 90% or higher. The barrier is accepted to be 20%. If you can achieve that you’ve made the technological leap.