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If they haven't removed the sensitive stuff before anyway after someone suggested they will make a decision within two weeks whether to attack.

votepaunchy 1y ago
This has been repeated so many times but the enriched uranium is far more vulnerable in transport.
- barbazoo 1y ago
  > The report also found that much of Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium that could be put to use for a possible nuclear weapon was moved before the strikes and may have been moved to other secret nuclear sites maintained by Iran. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/24/iran-strikes-nuclear-sites-report https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/24/iran-strikes-n...
- cwillu 1y ago
  Most modern goods are valuable and hard to replace because of their mechanical or chemical properties, and so blowing them up destroys the value. My understanding is that U-235 is not like that, blowing it up accomplishes very little when recovery consists of what they'd already be doing to clear the debris, plus some mechanical and chemical separation.
bitsage 1y ago
I find this argument hard to believe. Israel had complete air superiority for a week and was monitoring all the sites, routinely hitting the above ground nuclear facilities. I’m skeptical Iran could transfer anything significant from Fordow and not be immediately spotted by Israel.
- bamboozled 1y ago
  Feel the same, not to mention Israel would have spies in Iran, satellites all over it.
- barbazoo 1y ago
  > The report also found that much of Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium that could be put to use for a possible nuclear weapon was moved before the strikes and may have been moved to other secret nuclear sites maintained by Iran. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/24/iran-strikes-nuclear-sites-report https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/24/iran-strikes-n...
  - bitsage 1y ago
    I still consider the main report to not be substantiated. Israel claims that they know where the stockpile is and that they have been monitoring sites[1][2]. Some official even claimed it’s mostly under the rubble. Not sure why one is to believed and the other not when neither have hard evidence. 1. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-858895 https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-858895 2. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-858619 https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-858619
- belter 1y ago
  Israel could not spot hundreds of Hamas terrorists rehearsing the 7 of October attacks, and using cell phones for weeks, 20 miles from their Urim base in the Negev desert. [1] Or could they? ;-) [1] - https://mondediplo.com/2010/09/04israelbase https://mondediplo.com/2010/09/04israelbase

votepaunchy 1y ago

This has been repeated so many times but the enriched uranium is far more vulnerable in transport.

barbazoo 1y ago
> The report also found that much of Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium that could be put to use for a possible nuclear weapon was moved before the strikes and may have been moved to other secret nuclear sites maintained by Iran. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/24/iran-strikes-nuclear-sites-report https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/24/iran-strikes-n...
cwillu 1y ago
Most modern goods are valuable and hard to replace because of their mechanical or chemical properties, and so blowing them up destroys the value. My understanding is that U-235 is not like that, blowing it up accomplishes very little when recovery consists of what they'd already be doing to clear the debris, plus some mechanical and chemical separation.

bitsage 1y ago

I find this argument hard to believe. Israel had complete air superiority for a week and was monitoring all the sites, routinely hitting the above ground nuclear facilities. I’m skeptical Iran could transfer anything significant from Fordow and not be immediately spotted by Israel.

bamboozled 1y ago
Feel the same, not to mention Israel would have spies in Iran, satellites all over it.
barbazoo 1y ago
> The report also found that much of Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium that could be put to use for a possible nuclear weapon was moved before the strikes and may have been moved to other secret nuclear sites maintained by Iran. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/24/iran-strikes-nuclear-sites-report https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/24/iran-strikes-n...
- bitsage 1y ago
  I still consider the main report to not be substantiated. Israel claims that they know where the stockpile is and that they have been monitoring sites[1][2]. Some official even claimed it’s mostly under the rubble. Not sure why one is to believed and the other not when neither have hard evidence. 1. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-858895 https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-858895 2. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-858619 https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-858619
belter 1y ago
Israel could not spot hundreds of Hamas terrorists rehearsing the 7 of October attacks, and using cell phones for weeks, 20 miles from their Urim base in the Negev desert. [1] Or could they? ;-) [1] - https://mondediplo.com/2010/09/04israelbase https://mondediplo.com/2010/09/04israelbase