A model of the bomb as was photographed by Mordechai Vanunu. The critical mass of the bomb is obtained by fusion of the core (the metal ball) with the envelope (the black surrounding).
The video depicted a room made of stone. At the center stood a Perspex [like Plexiglas] mock-up - equipped with a flashing red light - of a ball-shaped bomb resting in the metallic, gold-plated cone of a missile warhead. In the most important scene in the film, the computer simulation shows the launched warhead reentering the atmosphere and exploding 600 meters above the earth's surface. According to experts, this is the ideal altitude for detonating a nuclear bomb in order to generate the maximum degree of destruction on the ground.
With the soundtrack of "Chariots of Fire" in the background, [watchers] had the impression they were viewing a PR marketing film produced to advance the sales of some corporation.
How wrong they were.
How terrifyingly wrong.
Read the full story from Haaretz
h/t: 1913Intel
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Ahmadinejad's interview - Iran's nuclear sites - Sept. 30, 2009
A Japanese reporter puts a question about Iran's nuclear sites to Ahmadinejad, the dictator of Iran.
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Attack on Iran... or Market Noise? (Noise, Probably).
Why has (have) someone(s) been accumulating Light Sweet Crude Oil November $100 calls (which expire in just over 30 days) in quite some size?
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Iran to drop dollar from forex reserves
The Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) announced this week that it plans to exclude the U.S. dollar from Iran’s foreign exchange reserves.
In line with this plan, Iran has informed Japan that it should use the yen instead of dollars to pay for the oil it buys from the Islamic Republic.
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