A Little Something
To Reach Iran

We have, at this Xomba "News & Issues" forum, some discussion in the past of the logic involved in our national policy of Nukes: who may have them, who may not. The case in point, herein, Iran.

The United States has a vast arsenal of missiles, and nuclear warheads, which are capable of reaching any point in the world. We also have a defense shield, to negate incoming missile attack. We have a wealth of nuclear power facilities producing inexpensive, clean power to our nation. However, we forcibly prevent other nations of the world from developing similar facilities. Nations such as Iran do not see themselves as inferior, relying on our complacency. Rather they feel they have as much right as we to develop energy and defense systems.
But, in the real world, Iran has stated an objective of "blowing Israel out of existence". Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has not backed down from his radical positions. What are we to do?

Here to illustrate, and further complicate, from AP:

March 2, 2007
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Bush administration selected a design Friday for a new generation of atomic warheads, taking a major step toward building the first new nuclear weapon since the end of the Cold War two decades ago.
The military and the Energy Department selected a design developed by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California over a competing design by the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, according to government sources who spoke on condition of anonymity in advance of a formal announcement.
The decision to move ahead with the warhead, which eventually would replace the existing arsenal of weapons, has been criticized as sending the wrong signal to the world at a time when the United States is assailing attempts at nuclear weapons development in North Korea and Iran and striving to contain it.
But military and Energy Department officials have argued that the new U.S. warhead will not add to the nuclear arsenal. They maintain the new design will make the weapons stockpile more secure and reliable without the need for actual underground testing.
The warhead has been the focus of an intense competition between Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore, the government's two premier nuclear weapons labs.