Deterrence may be the only way to avoid WWIII.
Five billion is a tentative estimate. I haven’t checked the price of 235U and 239Pu on AliExpress.
Deterrence may be the only way to avoid WWIII.
Five billion is a tentative estimate. I haven’t checked the price of 235U and 239Pu on AliExpress.
Same reason Iran doesn’t. The political costs are really bad. Never mind that the US is already sanctioning Iran, deciding to get nuclear weapons would not be a popular move with Iran’s allies and probably not with its own population if it was done when there is no pressing need for it.