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Experts: Iran Nuclear Program Damaged, Not Destroyed
U.S. officials say that strikes conducted on three key Iranian nuclear sites have devastated its nuclear program, but independent experts analyzing commercial satellite imagery say the nation's long-running nuclear enterprise is far from destroyed.
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"In particular Lewis says the strike doesn't seem to have touched Iran's stocks of highly enriched uranium.
"Today, it still has that material and we still don't know where it is," he says.
"I think you have to assume that significant amounts of this enriched uranium still exist, so this is not over by any means," agrees David Albright, the president of the Institute for Science and International Security, which has closely tracked Iran's nuclear program for years."
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"I think the purpose of the attack was to take out centrifuges and infrastructure and they feel they accomplished that," Albright says.
But as evidence that the strikes may have missed the uranium stocks, both Albright and Lewis point to commercial satellite imagery from the days before the strike.
The images show trucks at two key sites " Isfahan and Fordo. The trucks appear to be sealing tunnels that serve as entrances to underground facilities used to store uranium, possibly in anticipation of an American attack."
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#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-06-22 07:32 PM | Reply
... but independent experts analyzing commercial satellite imagery say the nation's long-running nuclear enterprise is far from destroyed. ...
From what I've been hearing and reading, it will be a few days to a week or so before the extent of the damage can be assessed, even then, I doubt if the real status of the deep-underground facilities will be known.
And if Iran has moved the highly-enriched uranium offsite to different locations (as has been reported), well, then the time to enrich that uranium is not lost.
What may have been lost were the facilities to enrich more uranium.
imo, at this point, lots of speculation (including mine) and little factual information.
#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-22 07:44 PM | Reply
fwiw, I heard this parody song on the area college station this afternoon. I remember first hearing it back in 1980, during the hostage crisis, when it was released. ...
Vince Vance & The Valiants - Bomb Iran (1980) www.youtube.com
It is sung to the melody of Barbara Ann by the Regents (and covered by the Beach-Boys).
Wow, lyrics are available ...
genius.com
... Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Bomb Iran Let's take a stand Bomb Iran Our country's got a feelin' Really hit the ceilin', bomb Iran Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran Went to a mosque, gonna throw some rocks Tell the Ayatollah, "Gonna put you in a box!" Bomb Iran. Bomb, bomb, bomb Bomb Iran Our country's got a feelin' Really hit the ceilin', bomb Iran Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran Ol' Uncle Sam's gettin' pretty hot Time to turn Iran into a parking lot Bomb Iran. Bomb, bomb, bomb Bomb Iran Our country's got a feelin' Really hit the ceilin', bomb Iran Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran ...
Went to a mosque, gonna throw some rocks Tell the Ayatollah, "Gonna put you in a box!" Bomb Iran. Bomb, bomb, bomb Bomb Iran Our country's got a feelin' Really hit the ceilin', bomb Iran Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran
Ol' Uncle Sam's gettin' pretty hot Time to turn Iran into a parking lot Bomb Iran. Bomb, bomb, bomb Bomb Iran Our country's got a feelin' Really hit the ceilin', bomb Iran Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran ...
As parody songs go, that one's pretty intense.
Yet, it almost made BillBoard's Top 100 back then.
#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-22 08:38 PM | Reply
Taco Tits fails again.
#4 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-06-22 11:07 PM | Reply
@#4 ... Taco Tits fails again. ...
imo, too soon to tell.
Also, imo, the answer will be known months from now.
Will the United States have been sucked into a Middle-East War?
I hope not.
But, who knows.
#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-22 11:19 PM | Reply
First theres no nuclear program.
Now its not destroy.
LOL
#6 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-06-22 11:33 PM | Reply
They've had one for years. Everyone knows that.
#7 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-06-22 11:34 PM | Reply
"In particular Lewis says the strike doesn't seem to have touched Iran's stocks of highly enriched uranium."
First they don't have enriched uranium. Now ... its highly enriched.
It's only 60% not that highly enriched, the issue is can they continue enriching?
#8 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-06-22 11:35 PM | Reply
#7 | POSTED BY REDIAL
you only need 3% for peaceful use.
You need to talk to LiesHurts DialAgain, get your stories straight.
#9 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-06-22 11:35 PM | Reply
So what? No one ever said they didn't have a nuke program.
#10 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-06-22 11:45 PM | Reply
@#7 ... They've had one for years. ...
Decades.
Nuclear program of Iran en.wikipedia.org
... Iran's nuclear program began in the 1950s under the Pahlavi dynasty with US support. It expanded in the 1970s with plans for power reactors, paused after the 1979 Iranian Revolution, and resumed secretly during the 1980s Iran--Iraq War. In the 1990s, Iran pursued a full nuclear fuel cycle and acquired centrifuge technology through illicit networks, including ties with Pakistan and North Korea.[citation needed] Undeclared enrichment sites at Natanz and Arak were exposed in 2002, and Fordow, an underground fuel enrichment site, was revealed in 2009. ...
In the 1990s, Iran pursued a full nuclear fuel cycle and acquired centrifuge technology through illicit networks, including ties with Pakistan and North Korea.[citation needed] Undeclared enrichment sites at Natanz and Arak were exposed in 2002, and Fordow, an underground fuel enrichment site, was revealed in 2009. ...
#11 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-22 11:47 PM | Reply
@#10 ... So what? ...
So, you also seem to recognize that current alias' apparent passing of analpore miasma onto comments?
#12 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-22 11:50 PM | Reply
Yep. Iran has been close to a bomb longer than the Maple Leafs have been close to the Stanley Cup.
#13 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-06-22 11:52 PM | Reply | Funny: 1
Redial,
Don't throw shade at an original 6 hockey franchise Especially when your country has Montreal.
#14 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-06-22 11:58 PM | Reply
"No one ever said they didn't have a nuke program.
#10 | Posted by REDIAL"
Twoothy did. And it was in all caps.
Good luck trying to square that with his screaming when Trump scuttled Obama's first absurd Iran deal - "Trump just guaranteed Iran will be a nuclear power!!!!! *tears and sob*"
And here we are.
#15 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-06-23 12:03 AM | Reply
Twoothy did.
So did you. Ref your #6. You're just getting boring.
#16 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-06-23 12:08 AM | Reply
"So did you. Ref your #6. You're just getting boring.
#16 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-06-23 12:08 AM | Reply | Flag: (Choose)"
Wrong thread?
#17 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-06-23 12:10 AM | Reply
No.
#18 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-06-23 12:12 AM | Reply
Ok my bad. Thought you were imalumpertoo.
#19 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-06-23 12:18 AM | Reply
Rubio says it's irrelevant' whether Iran was actively pursuing a nuke
Honestly, the only thing that is relevant is, when Netanyahu said "Jump!" Trump did.
America is no longer a world leader.
#20 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-06-23 12:22 AM | Reply
Metaphorically speaking, of course.
#21 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-06-23 12:27 AM | Reply
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