Middle East “Pickaxe mountain” Iran’s Secret Nuclear Stronghold That Defies U.S. Bombs

[candide]

18 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

It's amusing that:

 

The left was howling that Iran had no nuclear weapon program. 

 

Then Trump bombs Iran's nuclear weapon program. 

 

And now the left is howling that Trump's bombing failed to destroy Iran's nuclear weapon program. 

 

11 hours ago, candide said:

"The left was howling that Iran had no nuclear weapon program."

 

Proof? 

Crickets....

[koolkarl]

16 hours ago, CanadaSam said:

 

If you are referring to muslim terrorists and the like, as far as I know, there is nothing in the koran about harming other religions. 

 

This is all recent bs made up by ultra conservative muslim clerical leaders to control their own people. 

 

You see, in many muslim countries, even children are forced to memorize and to be able to "recite" the koran, but they have to do it in arabic, which they do not understand, because they speak completely different languages in daily life.

 

Due to that discrepancy of their language and the koran's, these religious leaders can and do basically say anything they wish, and say that it is "written" in the koran, when it most certainly is not.

 

My 2 cents.

Surah 3:151: "We shall cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve."  And much more...

[mikeymike100]

10 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

USA telling every other country to do what, or else. Is disgusting, luckily that won't be happening for many decades yet. The way you abused indigenous people and black people is moronic. Yet still pretending to be the good guys. time you update your history books.

"USA telling every other country to do what, or else" 

The USA are not telling every other country what to do!

Attempting to stop terrorism is a good thing!

Attempting to turn this into a racist argument when no one is being in the slightest racist is pathetic!

[bendejo]

So, if DT knowingly lies about this "obliteration" while Iran still has its uranium stash, wouldn't that make him guilty of siding with the enemy?

Then there is the permission to bomb the US base on the gulf.

That God speech he gave is suspicious, IMO.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-speech-transcript-text-ff4b286992309ec1337e04260247bb1e

 

 

[candide]

4 hours ago, bendejo said:

So, if DT knowingly lies about this "obliteration" while Iran still has its uranium stash, wouldn't that make him guilty of siding with the enemy?

Then there is the permission to bomb the US base on the gulf.

That God speech he gave is suspicious, IMO.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-speech-transcript-text-ff4b286992309ec1337e04260247bb1e

 

 

It works well with the 'double' gullible! 🙂

[Bkk Brian]

7 minutes ago, candide said:

It works well with the 'double' gullible! 🙂

The only gullible were those taken in by the CNN report with cherry picked data that Iran's nuclear capabilities were only put back by a few months

[candide]

14 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

The only gullible were those taken in by the CNN report with cherry picked data that Iran's nuclear capabilities were only put back by a few months

Have Iran's nuclear enrichment facilities been completely and totally obliterated?

[Bkk Brian]

Just now, candide said:

Have Iran's nuclear enrichment facilities been completely and totally obliterated?

Deflection. I suggest you read up on the latest assessment from IAEA

[candide]

25 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Deflection. I suggest you read up on the latest assessment from IAEA

Your post was a deflection to my post stating that evoking God like Trump did in the transcribed speech, works well with the 'double' gullible. 🙂

[Bkk Brian]

1 minute ago, candide said:

Your post was a deflection to my post stating that evoking God like Trump did in the transcribed speech, works well with the 'double' gullible. 🙂

Rubbish, the new assessment by the head of the UN Nuclear watch dog paints a picture that is far nearer to Trumps rendition than to the CNN leaked report who the gullible took in. Like I said read it.

[candide]

7 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Rubbish, the new assessment by the head of the UN Nuclear watch dog paints a picture that is far nearer to Trumps rendition than to the CNN leaked report who the gullible took in. Like I said read it.

That was not the point of my post, as I just recalled. It was about evoking God, and it was a reply to a post specifically mentioning that.

[Bkk Brian]

Just now, candide said:

That was not the point of my post, as I just recalled.

You claimed people were gullible, I agreed that those who believed the CNN report were indeed gullible. You don't like my reply but its a fact.

[candide]

3 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

You claimed people were gullible, I agreed that those who believed the CNN report were indeed gullible. You don't like my reply but its a fact.

Maybe you did not get get the meaning of 'double'.

 

Having said that, the damage is probably in the middle, somewhere between totally obliterated and only damaged for a few months.

[Bkk Brian]

Just now, candide said:

Maybe you did not get get the meaning of 'double'.

Or maybe not. Have you read what Grossi said yesterday?

[candide]

Just now, Bkk Brian said:

Or maybe not. Have you read what Grossi said yesterday?

Double= MAGA + also believing in God (and in a certain way, such as Evangelists).

[Bkk Brian]

Just now, candide said:

Double= MAGA + also believing in God (and in a certain way, such as Evangelists).

I couldn't care less, you were responding to alleged Trump lying on the damage. Read the report I referred to and see if you still think that rather than all this MAGA gullible nonsense

[Hawaiian]

22 hours ago, Eric Loh said:

What evidence do you have that Iran's wish to get nuclear weapons. Is your conclusion derived from Netanyahu's 33 years of rhetoric that Iran's nuclear nuke is imminent. I do not wish for Iran to get any nuclear weapons but all are the fears driven by Netanyahu are not backed up by evidence. US intelligence say that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon. 

What else is highly enriched uranium used for?

[Eric Loh]

6 minutes ago, Hawaiian said:

What else is highly enriched uranium used for?

Nuclear reactor, nuclear plant … 

[candide]

48 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

I couldn't care less, you were responding to alleged Trump lying on the damage. Read the report I referred to and see if you still think that rather than all this MAGA gullible nonsense

I replied to:

That God speech he gave is suspicious, IMO.

[candide]

6 hours ago, bendejo said:

So, if DT knowingly lies about this "obliteration" while Iran still has its uranium stash, wouldn't that make him guilty of siding with the enemy?

Then there is the permission to bomb the US base on the gulf.

That God speech he gave is suspicious, IMO.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-speech-transcript-text-ff4b286992309ec1337e04260247bb1e

 

 

 

49 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

I couldn't care less, you were responding to alleged Trump lying on the damage. Read the report I referred to and see if you still think that rather than all this MAGA gullible nonsense

Additionally, here's the post and the claims made.

 

Are you claiming that there is no significant remaining enriched uranium?

[Bkk Brian]

2 minutes ago, candide said:

 

Additionally, here's the post and the claims made.

 

Are you claiming that there is no significant remaining enriched uranium?

Did I claim that? Is there evidence either way? I take it you never read the latest from Grossi then..

[mikeymike100]

1 hour ago, Eric Loh said:

Nuclear reactor, nuclear plant … 

Wrong again! For reactors only 3-5% enrichment is needed!

For most nuclear reactors, particularly light-water reactors (LWRs) like pressurized water reactors (PWRs) and boiling water reactors (BWRs), uranium enrichment levels typically range from 3% to 5% uranium-235 (U-235). This is sufficient for sustaining a controlled nuclear fission chain reaction to generate heat for electricity production.

[Eric Loh]

1 minute ago, mikeymike100 said:

Wrong again! For reactors only 3-5% enrichment is needed!

For most nuclear reactors, particularly light-water reactors (LWRs) like pressurized water reactors (PWRs) and boiling water reactors (BWRs), uranium enrichment levels typically range from 3% to 5% uranium-235 (U-235). This is sufficient for sustaining a controlled nuclear fission chain reaction to generate heat for electricity production.

Neither is 60% enriched uranium weapon grade and could be down blended to 3-5%. 

[Bkk Brian]

2 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

Neither is 60% enriched uranium weapon grade and could be down blended to 3-5%. 

So they spend millions enriching it to 60% because their intention was to then reduce it to 3-5%.......LOL. What planet are you on?

 

In the mean time its still possible to get a nuclear weapon without enriching to 90% as 60% is enough for a basic weapon.

 

 60 percent HEU stock alone is enough material to fuel at least nine nuclear weapons without further enrichment to weapons grade. While these more rudimentary, or “crude,” weapons would be too large to mount on a ballistic missile, Tehran could still test them and threaten Israel with attack by delivering them via truck or shipping container.

https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2025/06/23/location-of-irans-highly-enriched-uranium-uncertain-but-it-likely-cannot-build-nuclear-weapons-now/

[Eric Loh]

2 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

So they spend millions enriching it to 60% because their intention was to then reduce it to 3-5%.......LOL. What planet are you on?

 

In the mean time its still possible to get a nuclear weapon without enriching to 90% as 60% is enough for a basic weapon.

 

 60 percent HEU stock alone is enough material to fuel at least nine nuclear weapons without further enrichment to weapons grade. While these more rudimentary, or “crude,” weapons would be too large to mount on a ballistic missile, Tehran could still test them and threaten Israel with attack by delivering them via truck or shipping container.

https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2025/06/23/location-of-irans-highly-enriched-uranium-uncertain-but-it-likely-cannot-build-nuclear-weapons-now/

You never read well. I didn;t say they enrich to 60% for the purpose of downblending. 

 

60% cannot be use to make a useful nuclear bomb. What planet you on.

[Bkk Brian]

6 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

You never read well. I didn;t say they enrich to 60% for the purpose of downblending. 

 

60% cannot be use to make a useful nuclear bomb. What planet you on.

I read very well and that's the only conclusion possible, why get it up to 60% and then reduce? Your misinformation is so blatant you should be ashamed. First you claim the reason it was enriched was for "Nuclear reactor, nuclear plant … " which is false and then when called out on that you double down with more nonsense. And as I pointed out 60% is enough for a basic bomb.

[Hawaiian]

2 hours ago, Eric Loh said:

Nuclear reactor, nuclear plant … 

Wrong on both counts.  High enrichment not required for either.

[Evil Penevil]

1 hour ago, Eric Loh said:

Neither is 60% enriched uranium weapon grade and could be down blended to 3-5%. 

 

@Eric Loh  You seem to be ducking the main question:  Why would Iran enrich uranium to 60% if only 3-5% is needed for power production?  It's understandable that if the goal is to acquire 90% weapon grade uranium, Iran must first enrich to 60% as a step along the way to a nuclear warhead.  But if the goal is peaceful power production, why does Iran enrich uranium beyond the level needed for production of electricity?

[mikeymike100]

3 hours ago, Eric Loh said:

Neither is 60% enriched uranium weapon grade and could be down blended to 3-5%. 

There would  be no point at all in Iran doing that. 

As of May 2025, Iran’s stockpile of near 5% LEU (in uranium hexafluoride, UF6, form) was reported at 5,508.8 kg (uranium mass, or U mass), equivalent to 8,149.1 kg (hex mass), according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

 The LEU stockpile includes uranium enriched between 2% and 5%, with a significant portion at or near 4.5%. Iran has not prioritized stockpiling 4–5% LEU for civilian reactor fuel, instead using much of it as feedstock to produce 20% and 60% enriched uranium, which is inconsistent with civilian need.