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10-19-2005, 05:57 PM
REPORT: U.S. MUST PREPARE TO FACE NUCLEAR IRAN
http://www.menewsline.com/stories/2005/october/10_19_1.html (http://www.menewsline.com/stories/2005/october/10_19_1.html)
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States has been advised to avoid a military strike and instead employ deterrence against Iran's emerging nuclear weapons capability.
A Defense Department-supported study asserted that the United States would find it extremely difficult to block Iran's nuclear weapons program. The study said that despite U.S. opposition Teheran would acquire and develop nuclear weapons to complement its arsenal of intermediate-range missiles. Iran could complete the nuclear fuel cycle required for weapons production within a year, the report said.
"Can the United States live with a nuclear-armed Iran?" the report by Judith Yaphe and Air Force Col. Charles Lutes, asked. "Despite its rhetoric, it may have no choice."
Both Ms. Yaphe and Lutes have advised the Pentagon on Middle East issues. The study, released last week, was sponsored by the National Defense University's Institute for National Strategic Studies, supported by the Pentagon. The study contained a Pentagon disclaimer.
http://www.menewsline.com/stories/2005/october/10_19_1.html (http://www.menewsline.com/stories/2005/october/10_19_1.html)
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States has been advised to avoid a military strike and instead employ deterrence against Iran's emerging nuclear weapons capability.
A Defense Department-supported study asserted that the United States would find it extremely difficult to block Iran's nuclear weapons program. The study said that despite U.S. opposition Teheran would acquire and develop nuclear weapons to complement its arsenal of intermediate-range missiles. Iran could complete the nuclear fuel cycle required for weapons production within a year, the report said.
"Can the United States live with a nuclear-armed Iran?" the report by Judith Yaphe and Air Force Col. Charles Lutes, asked. "Despite its rhetoric, it may have no choice."
Both Ms. Yaphe and Lutes have advised the Pentagon on Middle East issues. The study, released last week, was sponsored by the National Defense University's Institute for National Strategic Studies, supported by the Pentagon. The study contained a Pentagon disclaimer.