The
Guardian: The
International Atomic Energy
Agency has asked Iran to explain evidence suggesting that
Iranian scientists have experimented with an advanced nuclear
warhead design, says the
Guardian.The very existence of the technology, known
as a "
two-point
implosion" device, is officially secret in both the US and
the UK, but according to previously unpublished documentation
in a dossier compiled by the IAEA, Iranian scientists may have
tested high-explosive components of the design.A two-point
implosion device, once mastered, allows for the production of
smaller and simpler warheads than first-generation warheads. It
makes it easier to put a nuclear warhead on a missile.
