On Tuesday, February 28, a top U.S. Defense Department official said that Iran could make enough fissile for one nuclear bomb in "about 12 days," down from the estimated one year it would have taken while the 2015 Iran nuclear deal was in effect. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl made the comment to a House of Representatives hearing when pressed by a Republican lawmaker why the Biden administration had sought to revive the deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)
On Wednesday, March 1, according to NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg, in a bid to build up weapons supplies for new offensives in Ukraine, Russia is counting on the support of North Korea and Iran. He warned today that Moscow is “reaching out” to the authoritarian regimes for more arms, adding that China “may be providing lethal support,” during the SAMAK Nordic Summit, held in Helsinki, Finland.
On Thursday, March 2, you could expect to see a giant golf ball structure at Pearl Harbor until it disappears before you notice. Inside the white dome is the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s Sea Based X Band Radar ― SBX-1 for short. The MDA says it’s the world’s largest, most powerful mobile radar of its kind. Media got a tour of the 280-foot-tall customized oil rig that can be partially submerged to maintain stability during rough seas and winds of more than 100 miles per hour.
On Sunday, March 5, amid the International Atomic Energy Agency’s disclosure this week that the Islamic Republic of Iran accumulated near weapons-grade enriched uranium for its alleged nuclear weapon program, Fox News Digital learned that Iran has allegedly secured secret deals with Russia to guarantee deliveries of uranium. In what could be a major setback to a new Iran nuclear deal, foreign intelligence sources speaking on the condition of anonymity, and who are familiar with the negotiations between Moscow and Tehran over Iran’s reported illegal nuclear weapons work, told Fox News Digital that Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to return enriched uranium that it received from Iran if a prospective atomic deal collapses. The State Department would neither confirm nor deny the reports.
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