According to the UK Guardian, Iran continues to move ahead in its mission to achieve nuclear independence. The report states that the International Atomic Energy Agency contacted Iranian officials to explain documentation that points to testing of advanced nuclear warhead design.
The IAEA statement in September followed reports from the Associated Press quoting what it called a classified IAEA document saying agency experts agreed Iran now had the means to build atomic bombs and was heading towards developing a missile system able to carry a nuclear warhead.
The Guardian report said that even the existence of two-point implosion nuclear warhead technology is officially secret in both the United States and Britain.
The technology allows for the production of smaller and simpler warheads, making it easier to put a warhead on a missile, the newspaper said.
The exclusive report continues “The very existence of the technology, known as a ‘two-point implosion’ device, is officially secret in both the US and Britain, but according to previously unpublished documentation in a dossier compiled by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iranian scientists may have tested high-explosive components of the design. The development was today described by nuclear experts as ‘breathtaking’ and has added urgency to the effort to find a diplomatic solution to the Iranian nuclear crisis.
“The sophisticated technology, once mastered, allows for the production of smaller and simpler warheads than older models. It reduces the diameter of a warhead and makes it easier to put a nuclear warhead on a missile.”
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