I’ve got a bunch, but classic Q—What do you think constrains a possible Iranian bomb more: technical know-how or political will? And is there a military way to block development if they decided they wanted to do it?
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If I recall correctly there has been reporting about Iranian attempts... The vague impression I got while I was still in academia is that the devil is *really* in the details and it's harder to get right than you'd think.
It’s hard and the required laser tech is controlled the same way the parts for centrifuges are. The massive proliferation of cheap Chinese lasers of different kinds does make a guy wonder though…
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Aside from that one little blip in South Korea, why haven’t we seen a proliferating country try to use laser isotope separation?