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News & Current Events Apr 1, 2026 at 8:13 AM

'A million things could go wrong' - why seizing Iran's uranium would be so risky for the US

Posted by projecto15


Why seizing Iran's uranium would be so risky for the US
www.bbc.com
Why seizing Iran's uranium would be so risky for the US
Seizing the stockpile would be one of the "most complicated special operations in history", a former defence official tells the BBC.

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OkNefariousness9135 Apr 1, 2026 +10
Let's be completely real here, we couldn't even manage a clean logistical withdrawal from an airport we occupied for 20 years ngl. the idea of safely extracting highly radioactive material from hostile deep-underground bunkers without starting a massive regional war is pure neocon fanfiction dude.
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ScandiSom Apr 1, 2026 +2
Former COD players are now running things.
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P1xelHunter78 Apr 1, 2026 +1
Came here to say this. Seizing Iran’s nuclear material means a full scale invasion and occupation.
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ProjectNo525 Apr 1, 2026 +8
I think seizing another country’s nuclear material could be a guaranteed geopolitical disaster.
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No-Associate6637 Apr 1, 2026 +8
The fact that there are actual people in washington who think pulling off a real-life c***** heist inside a heavily fortified, underground nuclear facility is a viable foreign policy is absolutely terrifying tbh.
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projecto15 Apr 1, 2026 +2
but... but ... the epstein files
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Beneficial_Wave7649 Apr 1, 2026 +5
Seizing the uranium would require boots on the ground or at the very least a covert operation And I don't think they'd be keen on giving it to us This war has made them understand that countries with nuclear arms are not messed with
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Thorrbane Apr 1, 2026 +6
It's probably buried in the rubble of the bunker we bombed, requiring weeks to months of work to dig it out. Also careful handling to avoid a criticality accident. The Iranians aren't going to let us stay for months, not without paying in a whole lotta blood, and I doubt the guys tasked with handling the Uranium will be as careful as they should be when they're getting shelled.
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P1xelHunter78 Apr 1, 2026 +2
No covert operation can move a whole bunch of highly radioactive and dense material quickly. It’s just not possible.
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projecto15 Apr 1, 2026 +3
Trump could still do it as a reality TV show to distract from the Pedo Files
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Rambaz_69 Apr 1, 2026 +1
With Trump’s grasp of the war with Iran—which, according to Trump, isn’t really a war at all—and aides like Hegseth, surely nothing could possibly go wrong with such a complex undertaking, right? Trump has also said several times during his first term that he knows more about military matters than any general in the U.S. Army. If Trump is planning an operation to recover enriched uranium, that’s a piece of cake compared to planning a new ballroom, right? And 35% of MAGA people still believe Trump was the right choice.
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church-rosser Apr 1, 2026 +1
a piece of uranium cake no less
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COMM_NTARIAT Apr 1, 2026 +1
Another day, another shift in the Overton Window.
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Sensitive-Disk5735 Apr 1, 2026 +1
they would be annihilated by drones.
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