(DOWNLOAD) "Controlling Iran's Nuclear Program: The Country's Slow and Indirect Progress Toward Developing Nuclear Weapons Cunningly Skirts International Nonproliferation Rules. Careful Diplomacy Can Stop Iran from Achieving This Destabilizing Capability." by Issues in Science and Technology ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Controlling Iran's Nuclear Program: The Country's Slow and Indirect Progress Toward Developing Nuclear Weapons Cunningly Skirts International Nonproliferation Rules. Careful Diplomacy Can Stop Iran from Achieving This Destabilizing Capability.
- Author : Issues in Science and Technology
- Release Date : January 22, 2006
- Genre: Engineering,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 394 KB
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The world would be a more dangerous place with nuclear weapons in Iran. A Persian power with a keen sense of its 2,500-year history, Iran occupies a pivotal position straddling the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf. The country has the largest population in the Middle East, the world's third largest oil reserves, the second largest natural gas reserves, and aspirations to again become the region's major power. Add nuclear weapons to the mix, and the likelihood of trouble increases significantly. There is no evidence that Iran currently possesses any nuclear devices or even enough fissile material (highly enriched uranium or plutonium) to produce nuclear weapons. But for the past two decades, Iran has been engaged in a secret multifaceted program to assemble the equipment and facilities necessary to make these nuclear materials. This has created widespread concern that Iranian leaders are committed to acquiring the means to produce nuclear weapons, if not the actual weapons.