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Day by day, Iran is gaining more insight into casting uranium metal, operating and manufacturing higher-performance centrifuges, handling highly enriched uranium without causing accidental chain reactions, and frustrating international inspectors without provoking a serious response.
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Matthew Bunn, Foreign Affairs, 17 Jan. 2022
In short, the device will produce the same nuclear fragments as a reactor’s core without a chain reaction.
—Adrian Cho, science.org, 18 July 2024
And as India increases its arsenal, Pakistan is sure to do the same—completing the regional chain reaction triggered by China’s nuclear expansion.
—Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr., Foreign Affairs, 26 May 2023
The chain reaction of metronomic tck-tck-tcks is expected to last eight full minutes and promises to be supremely satisfying.
—Sofia Andrade, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
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Matthew Bunn, Foreign Affairs, 17 Jan. 2022
In short, the device will produce the same nuclear fragments as a reactor’s core without a chain reaction.
—Adrian Cho, science.org, 18 July 2024
And as India increases its arsenal, Pakistan is sure to do the same—completing the regional chain reaction triggered by China’s nuclear expansion.
—Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr., Foreign Affairs, 26 May 2023
The chain reaction of metronomic tck-tck-tcks is expected to last eight full minutes and promises to be supremely satisfying.
—Sofia Andrade, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
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