Der frühe Intelligenz schlägt das iranische Uran weitgehend intakt vor, sagen europäische Beamte
https://www.ft.com/content/0808eeb8-341c-4a4e-8ccf-0db07febef91
Der frühe Intelligenz schlägt das iranische Uran weitgehend intakt vor, sagen europäische Beamte
https://www.ft.com/content/0808eeb8-341c-4a4e-8ccf-0db07febef91
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SS:Preliminary intelligence assessments provided to European governments indicate that Iran’s highly enriched uranium stockpile remains largely intact following US strikes on its main nuclear sites, two officials have said.
The people said the intelligence suggested that Iran’s stockpile of 408kg of uranium enriched close to weapons-grade levels was not concentrated in Fordow, one of its two main enrichment sites, at the time of attack.
It had been distributed to various other locations, the assessments found.
Rafael Grossi, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, told French Radio on Thursday that Iran’s nuclear programme had “suffered enormous damage”, though he said claims of its complete destruction were overblown.
The US had not provided definitive intelligence to EU allies on Iran’s remaining nuclear capabilities following the strikes, and was withholding clear guidance on how it plans future relations with Tehran, said three officials briefed on the discussions.
So this is lose-lose-lose. Israel may be proven right, USA still claim they destroyed it all, and Iran more likely to use them now.
This is a great example of why media literacy is important.
Headline reads like this is a European intelligence conclusion.
“Intelligence assessments provided to European governments”
“Provided to” suggests it’s not European intelligence at all. We have no idea who is making this assessment or what country the two “European” officials are from. Not even if this is from EU/NATO block Europe or Russia-aligned Europe.
Trump is full of sound and fury signifying nothing. We can see that all Trump did was bluster while nuking any diplomatic legitimacy we now have. Not only has he murdered the JCPOA with this action he has strangled the NPT as well. We have taught the world first with Ukraine, then with Gaddafi, and now with Iran that the West cannot be trusted and without nukes you have no defense.
I now take it as granted that Iran will have the bomb likely before Trump’s term is up.
I’m afraid that all we’ve achieve with this airstrike is to convince Iran to do whatever it takes to get a nuclear bomb or two no matter what the costs may be.
All these strikes as successful as they where in weakening the Mullahs internally, killing off the quds forces commanders, and controlling iranian airspace without any loses, all it really did is set back the nuclear program and made all the Iranian factions (even the opposition and moderates, reformers) conclude for national survival Iran needs a nuke, Iraq and libya didnt have nukes and their countries laid in ruins from western, qatari, turkish interventionism that wrecked the region, Russia has nukes and no one dares invades Russia ever again and the us may cut a deal to cede Ukranian territory to Russia, North Kirea has nukes and regime change seem mission impossible there and can act out it negative behavior with only economic consequences.
If you were the Iranians and it was very likely that your uranium stockpiles would be bombed in a specific place, the most logical thing to do would be to move them, which they apparently did a few days before the strikes based on satellite data.
This doesn’t contradict any of what US officials have said. The uranium may be at 60% but you need equipment to enrich them to weapons grade. Now that equipment (centrifuges) are gone along with the most protected sites. Even dispersed, any other storage sites are more vulnerable and new construction or manufacturing attempts can be hit again.
The Iranians are set back by years.
Also, this is what Caine said about how Fordow was targeted and what they saw during the strike:
https://youtu.be/f613j7-eA5U?si=uZIHZjXgK4fFpNAN
Fordow and Natanz are gone. Obliterated exactly as Trump said. There’s zero chance they did not suffer catastrophic damage.