Top U.S. intelligence officials told lawmakers in Washington this week that Iran has yet to decide whether to build a nuclear bomb.
March 11, 2009 - U.S. Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair and Lieutenant General Michael Maples, the director of the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency, say Iran currently lacks the weapons-grade, highly enriched uranium needed to build such a device.
Some observers say the testimony is a "clarification" of a recent statement by Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, who said he thought Iran had sufficient enriched uranium for a bomb. RFE/RL correspondent Ron Synovitz discusses the significance of the testimony with Shannon Kile, a nuclear-nonproliferation expert at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. More >>>
March 11, 2009 - U.S. Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair and Lieutenant General Michael Maples, the director of the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency, say Iran currently lacks the weapons-grade, highly enriched uranium needed to build such a device.
Some observers say the testimony is a "clarification" of a recent statement by Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, who said he thought Iran had sufficient enriched uranium for a bomb. RFE/RL correspondent Ron Synovitz discusses the significance of the testimony with Shannon Kile, a nuclear-nonproliferation expert at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. More >>>
