ogleearth.com — New satellite images show where Iran is building its underground nuclear processing facilities. These images are available as overlays on top of Google Earth's base imagery, so you can compare construction progress from a few years ago. We used to have to take governments at their word - now anyone can buy satellite images and check for themselves.
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mordainApr 16, 2006
The US is getting "mad" (how appropriate) because Iran is not a friend of the US. The US are trying to prevent themselves getting nuked.
geomonApr 17, 2006
@PapaLazarou"On the report - I havent read all of it (but I doubt you have either)."It wasn't that long. I did read it all."Firstly this is from 2005. If you read the last report from the IAEA directory general in march doesnt mention anything about weapons grade uranium."They don't need to. They have already established that the weapons grade uranium problem exists."How so are you wrong? You say that IAEA found radionuclides. So? Both U235 and U238 are present in uranium used in reactors and weapons. The presence of either means nothing. If they found weapons grade enriched uranium (U235 85%) then its obvious they have nuke capability. At present it doesnt appear that Tehran does. The report from 2005 states that Iran has accounted for all the uranium (but that the IAEA can't be 100% certain that its all of it)"Read section B.1 "Contamination"
nichevoApr 17, 2006
Haha Backtracking!I will ask you what I have been debating:Is there any hard evidence of an Iranian nuclear weapons program?
geomonApr 17, 2006
@Nichevo"I am not interested in fishing through your links"Of course you aren't. Why the f**k should I even produce information for you to read. You ignore it.".. to find your bogus interpretation,"You didn't read it, yet you know it to be "bogus"?So much for objectivity.".. the words isotope and radionuclide don't even appear in the 2006 document. I can't even find a reference to "other" programs, Your tactics suck, WTF does other mean? A depleted uranium dinnerware program?"Keep reading."The only radionuclides mentioned that I could find are polonium, berylium, U-238 U-235 and plutonium, these can all be legitimately used for power generation."Really? How many polonium reactors are there world-wide?"If you have a point get to it, if not quit your wild goose chase. You lost."I've lost "what"?You keep making that proclamation as though this were some kind of contest. What did you "win"? A blow job from Ahmadinejad?You haven't *won* anything. Iran wants to continue to shop the legal nuclear technololgy market but doesn't want to play by the rules. Is that what you think you've *won*?What is YOUR f**king point? The IAEA is quite explicit about what their problems are with Iran's program. I've provided you with ample (voluminous) evidence that the international community has documented about Iran's program. You admit you haven't read it, nor are you interested in reading it."Since you have backtracked enough: I assume you agree that there is no hard evidence of an Iranian Nuclear weapons program(as I originally asserted)?"I never said they had a nuclear program. Nice try. You attempted to shovel that s**t once and failed.Face it, Nichevo. There is no prize waiting for you at the end of this discussion. You won't *win* anything. Iran has admitted before to having left out information in their filings with the IAEA and now the IAEA wants more assurances than just "trust us". They found contamination at several sites that was inconsistent with the program as outlined in their NPT agreements. Now they are pushing ahead with enrichment.If they want to enrich uranium for weapons, they will have to go to the black market and run their program outside of the NPT. Contrary to what you believe (which isn't worth much), there is NO way to develop nuclear weapons and stay within the NPT.
riverside71Apr 17, 2006
Ooooh the shills are working overtime.. some people really really want these wars..
moyzesApr 17, 2006
Against the communist rise, all "blow them all" worth the job.
nichevoApr 17, 2006
Polonium can be used as a neutron source, it is used in medicine and their is no reason it couldn't be used to moderate power generation. You must have missed that Mr. Wizard episode.You have been arguing with me about whether they have a weapons program. It is the central part of the NPT that they are apparently violating, now you deny your own argument. Iran can legally shop, produce, invent, research, anything related to energy research legally. You thinkk because uncle sam asks them to stop that mean they have to give up their right. So I will continue my assertion:THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF AN IRANIAN WEAPONS PROGRAM, THEREFOR THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO CONTINUE THEIR ENERGY PROGRAM.