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The documents included a specific warhead design based on implosion and adjustments aimed at outfitting the warhead on existing Iranian missile systems.
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If the new data is confirmed, it would mean the Islamic republic is further along than previously known in developing a nuclear weapon and the means to deliver it.
Yeah, okay, week-old news. But I just want to bring it up now to ask the question: Does anybody seriously think that the proliferation of nuclear weapons can be controlled? Once upon a time, only the Egyptians had armor; once upon a time, only the Macedonians had the long pike, only the Persians had chariots outfitted with knives on the hubs; and once upon a time, only the English had longbows and cannons. The entire history of human society has had, as a driving focus - and perhaps its main one - military technology, whether for conquest or defense, and any country that can support an army will see and raise the stakes, whatever they are, in order to stay in the game. I don't think that's going to change. My best guess would be that we move out of nuclear technology for warfare into something that renders nukes obsolte (you may have to apply some imagination to that problem, but our military planners are already working on it), or somebody like George Asshat Bush provokes a nuclear holocaust. The race is on.
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