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Early US Intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites

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122 points jbegley | 1 comments | 24 Jun 25 19:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.198s | source
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cluckindan ◴[24 Jun 25 19:26 UTC] No.44369995[source]▶
You don’t need to be a genius to figure out that centrifuges installed 70–80 meters underground will be largely unaffected by bombs which are believed to have an effect down to a depth of 60 meters.
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barbazoo ◴[24 Jun 25 20:04 UTC] No.44370451[source]▶
If they haven't removed the sensitive stuff before anyway after someone suggested they will make a decision within two weeks whether to attack.
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votepaunchy ◴[24 Jun 25 21:07 UTC] No.44371079[source]▶
This has been repeated so many times but the enriched uranium is far more vulnerable in transport.
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1. cwillu ◴[26 Jun 25 08:37 UTC] No.44385421[source]▶
Most modern goods are valuable and hard to replace because of their mechanical or chemical properties, and so blowing them up destroys the value.

My understanding is that U-235 is not like that, blowing it up accomplishes very little when recovery consists of what they'd already be doing to clear the debris, plus some mechanical and chemical separation.