Talk:Iran and weapons of mass destruction

NY Times Article regarding fissile material
Reverting an edit and leaving a comment that says, "Stupid headline," doesn't help explain why one should revert a reference to Iran's amount of material for a nuclear bomb. I want to avoid an edit war, and value contributions from an expert with 10 years, but am curious about NPguy's rationale. As an expert, the onus is on you to prove your point of a verifiable source being stupid in its headline. Otherwise, I just see a specialization bias, or a professional myopia, that ignores that this is an online encyclopedia, and not a wiki of expert peers. If you wish to create your own NP expert wiki, the source is free and open, and I'm sure many NP people would join you.


 * Low-enriched uranium is not bomb fuel. There's no such thing as enough LEU to make a bomb.  The article itself adds the qualifier that the material would need to be further enriched. NPguy (talk) 19:59, 8 March 2020 (UTC)

Israel's position
The section on Israel's position is misleading because it states only the official position of the ruling Likud officials and ignores the intelligence agency and IDF positions. See Reuters, New IDF Strategy Dismisses Iran Nuclear Threat, Al Monitor (17 August 2015), https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/08/israel-new-strategy-eizenkot-terror-hezbollah-hamas-is-iran.html Amos Harel and Reuters, Barak: Israel 'Very Far Off' From Decision on Iran Attack, Haaretz (18 January 2012), https://www.haaretz.com/1.5167293  Mossad, CIA Agree Iran Has Yet to Decide to Build Nuclear Weapon, Haaretz (18 March 2012), https://www.haaretz.com/1.5206174  Will Jordan, Rahul Radhakrishnan, Mossad Contradicted Netanyahu on Iran Nuclear Programme, Al Jazeera (23 February 2015), https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/02/23/mossad-contradicted-netanyahu-on-iran-nuclear-programme/  Seumas Milne, Ewen MacAskill and Clayton Swisher, Leaked Cables Show Netanyahu’S Iran Bomb Claim Contradicted by Mossad, The Guardian (23 February 2015), https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/23/leaked-spy-cables-netanyahu-iran-bomb-mossad (includes entirety of leaked Mossad cable). Marbux (talk) 22:38, 19 November 2020 (UTC)


 * It's perfectly reasonable to include other views that may differ from the official position. Feel free to edit the article or, if you prefer, to propose edits here. NPguy (talk) 21:12, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

Move dubious tag to before James Woolsey
James Woolsey is not a dubious source. The dubious tag should be placed either over the entire section, or after a dubious source. It is confusing and potentially purposefully misleading to place it after his quote. 108.35.95.14 (talk) 21:05, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

Nuclear device
Hi, last I heard the plan was a two stage gun type with a 239Pu "bullet" and a ~95% enriched 235U projectile as proof of concept. This approach wasn't used in 1945 era weapons as by that point implosion was a viable alternative. Interesting to also note that "two stage" implosion of a hybrid core with a ~85-99% 235U tamper and Be shell with optimized explosive lenses based on new compositions is also possible given computational advances since 1967, dropping the required 239Pu to a mere 3kg which makes it feasible even with a relatively low enrichment. 91.190.161.160 (talk) 16:14, 27 May 2024 (UTC)