Iran’s Potential to Develop Nuclear Weapons Technology and Materials

نبذة عن كتاب Iran’s Potential to Develop Nuclear Weapons Technology and Materials

A nuclear warhead is a complex, precise assembly, dependent upon very high quality refined materials. These technological and material demands call for a sophisticated societal and industrial infrastructure capable of bringing together a diverse range of scientific and engineering knowledge, advanced means of production and the cooperation, or at least approval of other nation-states.
However, the technology involved in nuclear weapon design and fissile material production has not been well safeguarded by nuclear weapons capable nations over the last 40 to 50years. Indeed, with the intellectual know-how needed to design and assemble a nuclear warhead being now some 60 years old, the theoretical capability to produce nuclear warheads is no longer exclusive. This once exclusive technology has slipped through the non-proliferation safeguarding system, and is now available to those countries aspiring to nuclear weapon empowerment.