Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center,visits the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility. (AP)
From SKY News:
Iran will have enough enriched uranium to make a single nuclear weapon later this year, the prestigious International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) predicts.
The think tank's Mark Fitzpatrick made the announcement at today's launch of its annual global review of military powers.
"During 2009, Iran will probably reach the point at which it has produced the amount of low-enriched uranium needed to make a nuclear bomb," he said.
"But being able to enrich uranium is not the same as having a nuclear weapon."
However, the survey reports doubts over US Intelligence estimates that Iran halted its work on nuclear weapons six years ago.
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Update: Iran Nukes: Nuclear Weapons Material This Year -- U.S. News And World Report
My Comment: I am not surprise by the SKY report. Israel has been warning about this development for a very long time. All we can do now is to wait for the nuclear test.
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