“I want Iran Be a wonderful, great and happy country, but they can’t have a Nuclear pump“said the president of the United States, Donald Trumpwho during his first term accused the Iranian government of breaking an agreement called Nuclear Non -Proliferation Treaty (TNP), that all nations had signed.
According to the BBC News news portal, since 2019, Iran has installed thousands of advanced centrifugers to enrich uranium, something that was forbidden For the TNP, so the Iranian government, in theory, would currently have enough enriched uranium To manufacture half a dozen Nuclear bombs in six months or less.
Given the circumstances, the Republican president had imposed a term to Iran to reach an agreement on the suspension of its nuclear program, which ended last Friday, June 13. However, President Donald Trump has not yet defined whether the United States will be involved in the offensive against the country in the Middle East.
“The president, for more than 10 years, said Iran cannot have a Nuclear pump. In recent months, he encouraged his foreign policy team to reach an agreement with the Iranians to achieve this goal. And he has reiterated that this would happen in two ways: the easy or the other, “he said The United States Vice PresidentJD Vance.
How many kilometers destroys a nuclear bomb?
According to CNN, the destruction caused by a Nuclear pump It cannot be measured on a fixed radius, but varies according to the power of the explosive and the altitude of the detonation. However, areas of effects based on the force of the weapon can be established, with severe damage in several kilometers and “visible effects at much greater distances.”
A nuclear bomb of 1 megaton —The corresponds to the characteristics of the explosives that Iran allectly possesses, according to Israel’s evaluations – can cause “almost total” destruction in a radius of two to three kilometers, Where all buildings collapse, roads are destroyed and deaths are widespread.
However, extreme heat and radiation They can cause significant damage to greater distances, even several kilometers from the point of detonationtaking into consideration that the Expansive wave From the nuclear pump can travel to large distances, causing structural damage and affecting people to tens of kilometers.
“There is no radius of fixed destruction, nuclear bombs vary in power and the explosion at higher altitude can expand the area of impact and the effects of radiation. In addition, the type of land can affect the spread of the expansive wave and the effects of the burst“Brett McGurk added, CNN analyst and defense expert.
According to the above, although there is no radius of fixed destruction, a nuclear pump can cause severe damage to a radius of Three kilometers and visible effects at greater distances, with an intensity determined by the explosive power and the conditions of the detonation, which vary if the land is urban, rural either mountainous.
Given this situation, on Saturday, June 14, Israel decided to launch an unprecedented attack against Iran, with the objective, according to Prime Minister Benjamín Netanyahuto prevent the Islamic Republic from being provided with Nuclear bombs. These accusations have been denied several times by the Iranian authorities.