Everything you ever wanted to know about the Iranian nuclear program but were afraid to ask?
Iran and its nuclear program are going to be a big issue this year. So it makes sense to know something about it. Clearly, the Iranians are engaged in a major nuclear research program. Is it for weapons? If it is, how close are they to producing them?
(Contrary to the impression you’d get from reading a number of your more antic columnists, the US intelligence community believes that the Iranians are roughly a decade away from being able to produce a nuclear weapon. Charles Krauthammer says it’s just a matter of months. You decide who to believe.)
So next week, from Monday through Thursday, we’re going to have two arms control experts, Paul Kerr of the Arms Control Association and Dr. Jeffrey Lewis of Armscontrolwonk.com. They’ll be blogging about the technical capacity of the Iranian nuclear effort, what it’s for, whether it’s any near to produce a nuclear weapon and other related topics.
They also want to answer your questions. So we’ve set up a thread over at TPMCafe where you can pose questions for them to answer next week.
