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Retrieving the Uranium in Iran

Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2026 5:25 pm
by Animal
It would seem to me that in order to actually achieve the goal in Iran, either the US or the Israelis or a combination of the two are going to have to send in a team (or teams) of ground troops to go down into the tunnels and bring back every pound of enriched Uranium. I have no idea what a mission like that would look like, what kind of equipment it would involve or how many people it would take, but that seems to me to be the only way to know for sure that they are going to have to completely start over from nothing.

I have read that they are considering it, but most everyone says its pretty much impossible.

It seems as if they are estimated to have around 1,000 lbs of enriched uranium.

Re: Retrieving the Uranium in Iran

Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2026 8:14 pm
by CHEEZY17
When the hardline regime leadership of Iran has basically said they will never stop trying to achieve weapons grade I really don't know what to say. It sucks either way.
You can't just let those fucktards get a nuclear bomb and I simply don't know how even militaries as awesome as ours and Israel's can confidently say that they 100% got all of it.
It's a shitty situation where even the best possible outcome could come at a very high cost.

Re: Retrieving the Uranium in Iran

Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2026 8:19 pm
by Animal
CHEEZY17 wrote: Tue Mar 10, 2026 8:14 pm When the hardline regime leadership of Iran has basically said they will never stop trying to achieve weapons grade I really don't know what to say. It sucks either way.
You can't just let those fucktards get a nuclear bomb and I simply don't know how even militaries as awesome as ours and Israel's can confidently say that they 100% got all of it.
It's a shitty situation where even the best possible outcome could come at a very high cost.
Sometimes the solution to these things are the simplest. If a child is threatening to hit other children with a stick, then you punish them and take the stick away. If they get another one, you increase the punishment and take that one away too. If you continue to do this even the dumbest child will eventually learn to stop.

Re: Retrieving the Uranium in Iran

Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2026 10:52 pm
by pork
simple...you retrieve it with your own nuke. make sure there's nothing left of the plant or the product.

Re: Retrieving the Uranium in Iran

Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2026 1:41 pm
by Animal
pork wrote: Tue Mar 10, 2026 10:52 pm simple...you retrieve it with your own nuke. make sure there's nothing left of the plant or the product.
that was my first thought. just keep pounding those bunker buster bombs until you get it. i think they said its too far under ground. Plus, if you don't put human eyes on it, and physically carry it away, how can you be sure you really got it. We can't keep doing this every 6 months.

Re: Retrieving the Uranium in Iran

Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2026 3:41 pm
by Burn1dwn
CHEEZY17 wrote: Tue Mar 10, 2026 8:14 pm You can't just let those fucktards get a nuclear bomb
I'm old enough to remember when they said this about North Korea.

Seems like you are a slow learner.

Re: Retrieving the Uranium in Iran

Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2026 4:16 am
by peterosehaircut
Burn1dwn wrote: Fri Mar 13, 2026 3:41 pm
CHEEZY17 wrote: Tue Mar 10, 2026 8:14 pm You can't just let those fucktards get a nuclear bomb
I'm old enough to remember when they said this about North Korea.

Seems like you are a slow learner.
Well North Koreans don't really believe that their salvation involves washing the world in blood. So there's that I guess.

Re: Retrieving the Uranium in Iran

Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2026 3:46 pm
by Burn1dwn
peterosehaircut wrote: Sat Mar 14, 2026 4:16 am
Burn1dwn wrote: Fri Mar 13, 2026 3:41 pm
CHEEZY17 wrote: Tue Mar 10, 2026 8:14 pm You can't just let those fucktards get a nuclear bomb
I'm old enough to remember when they said this about North Korea.

Seems like you are a slow learner.
Well North Koreans don't really believe that their salvation involves washing the world in blood. So there's that I guess.
North Korea was a rogue state and part of the "axis of evil". Preventing them from getting nukes was sold to us as being vital to US and World security because "Rocket Man" was an irrational leader of a dangerous regime and would use nukes.

Then they aquire nukes and the rhetoric disappears completely.

It's amazing.

Re: Retrieving the Uranium in Iran

Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2026 1:17 am
by CHEEZY17
Burn1dwn wrote: Fri Mar 13, 2026 3:41 pm
CHEEZY17 wrote: Tue Mar 10, 2026 8:14 pm You can't just let those fucktards get a nuclear bomb
I'm old enough to remember when they said this about North Korea.

Seems like you are a slow learner.
I'm also old enough to remember that Iran is the undisputed world-wide leader in the sponsorship of international terrorism.
DPRK aren't angels, for sure, but they are way farther down the list.
Do you think a fundamentalist Islamic regime should have access to nuclear weapons?

Re: Retrieving the Uranium in Iran

Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2026 3:38 pm
by Burn1dwn
CHEEZY17 wrote: Sun Mar 15, 2026 1:17 am
Burn1dwn wrote: Fri Mar 13, 2026 3:41 pm
CHEEZY17 wrote: Tue Mar 10, 2026 8:14 pm You can't just let those fucktards get a nuclear bomb
I'm old enough to remember when they said this about North Korea.

Seems like you are a slow learner.
I'm also old enough to remember that Iran is the undisputed world-wide leader in the sponsorship of international terrorism.
DPRK aren't angels, for sure, but they are way farther down the list.
Do you think a fundamentalist Islamic regime should have access to nuclear weapons?
They aren't even on the list anymore despite being the first country mentioned when Dubya made his "Axis of Evil" speech.

Is it possible that countries actually aspire for nukes as a deterent and not to cause a doomsday attack that would obliterate them as well?

I dont think anyone should have nukes but I definitely think that a country that is not a signatory of the NPT (and has nukes) should not be the one deciding how and when to police them.

We attacked during negotiations, after Trump claimed we destroyed their nuke program, because Israel wanted us to. That is the bottom line.

Re: Retrieving the Uranium in Iran

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2026 7:13 pm
by pork
Burn1dwn wrote: Sun Mar 15, 2026 3:38 pm
CHEEZY17 wrote: Sun Mar 15, 2026 1:17 am
Burn1dwn wrote: Fri Mar 13, 2026 3:41 pm
CHEEZY17 wrote: Tue Mar 10, 2026 8:14 pm You can't just let those fucktards get a nuclear bomb
I'm old enough to remember when they said this about North Korea.

Seems like you are a slow learner.
I'm also old enough to remember that Iran is the undisputed world-wide leader in the sponsorship of international terrorism.
DPRK aren't angels, for sure, but they are way farther down the list.
Do you think a fundamentalist Islamic regime should have access to nuclear weapons?
They aren't even on the list anymore despite being the first country mentioned when Dubya made his "Axis of Evil" speech.

Is it possible that countries actually aspire for nukes as a deterent and not to cause a doomsday attack that would obliterate them as well?

I dont think anyone should have nukes but I definitely think that a country that is not a signatory of the NPT (and has nukes) should not be the one deciding how and when to police them.

We attacked during negotiations, after Trump claimed we destroyed their nuke program, because Israel wanted us to. That is the bottom line.
there are rules through the UN for a reason. lets not forget that Iran has been a part of or backed terrorism throughout the world. we should have done this right the last time we were over there. you can bet that this wont end until iran is crippled. its going to take awhile for this to simmer down.

Re: Retrieving the Uranium in Iran

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2026 8:06 pm
by Animal
Trump is certainly no Winston Churchill. Which is a shame, because that is what this needs.

Re: Retrieving the Uranium in Iran

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2026 11:11 pm
by AnalHamster
Churchill planned things, Chump operates on instinct, and he has bad instincts. That's why he's now having to beg NATO to put up a fleet that should have been negotiated in advance due to the obvious risk this would happen. The strait will be closed for weeks even if former allies do decide to participate.

As for getting the uranium, it's ultimately not going to make that much difference. Iran has uranium mines, it has the knowledge. It could replace the stockpile of 60% uranium in a few months. All this has done is demonstrate that they really do need a nuke because the US and Israel keep attacking it.

Re: Retrieving the Uranium in Iran

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2026 12:46 pm
by CHEEZY17

Re: Retrieving the Uranium in Iran

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2026 7:32 pm
by AnalHamster
US has escorted precisely zero ships so far. Your allies that weren't consulted at all before the fucktardery dictated by Israel aren't going to be first to test the waters.
It's really the kinda thing a competent leader sets up in advance.

Re: Retrieving the Uranium in Iran

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2026 8:24 pm
by Biker
AnalHamster wrote: Mon Mar 16, 2026 11:11 pm Churchill planned things, Chump operates on instinct, and he has bad instincts. That's why he's now having to beg NATO to put up a fleet that should have been negotiated in advance due to the obvious risk this would happen. The strait will be closed for weeks even if former allies do decide to participate.

As for getting the uranium, it's ultimately not going to make that much difference. Iran has uranium mines, it has the knowledge. It could replace the stockpile of 60% uranium in a few months. All this has done is demonstrate that they really do need a nuke because the US and Israel keep attacking it.
I love WC but he didn't plan on getting the British army trapped at Dunkirk. He just got lucky that there were still patriots at the time in the UK that cared about the country

Re: Retrieving the Uranium in Iran

Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2026 2:22 am
by CHEEZY17
AnalHamster wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2026 7:32 pm US has escorted precisely zero ships so far. Your allies that weren't consulted at all before the fucktardery dictated by Israel aren't going to be first to test the waters.
It's really the kinda thing a competent leader sets up in advance.
You know Iran would have been notified if we "set that up", right?
It's the same reason no democrats were included in the planning.

Re: Retrieving the Uranium in Iran

Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2026 4:27 am
by AnalHamster
CHEEZY17 wrote: Thu Mar 19, 2026 2:22 am
AnalHamster wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2026 7:32 pm US has escorted precisely zero ships so far. Your allies that weren't consulted at all before the fucktardery dictated by Israel aren't going to be first to test the waters.
It's really the kinda thing a competent leader sets up in advance.
You know Iran would have been notified if we "set that up", right?
It's the same reason no democrats were included in the planning.
You realise there was a months long build up of US forces before y'all attacked during negotiations again? This wasn't a surprise to anyone who doesn't exclusively watch fox.

Re: Retrieving the Uranium in Iran

Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2026 12:03 pm
by CHEEZY17
AnalHamster wrote: Thu Mar 19, 2026 4:27 am
CHEEZY17 wrote: Thu Mar 19, 2026 2:22 am
AnalHamster wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2026 7:32 pm US has escorted precisely zero ships so far. Your allies that weren't consulted at all before the fucktardery dictated by Israel aren't going to be first to test the waters.
It's really the kinda thing a competent leader sets up in advance.
You know Iran would have been notified if we "set that up", right?
It's the same reason no democrats were included in the planning.
You realise there was a months long build up of US forces before y'all attacked during negotiations again? This wasn't a surprise to anyone who doesn't exclusively watch fox.
Don't watch FOX.
You'd think Iran would have been better prepared then. :lol:

Re: Retrieving the Uranium in Iran

Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2026 12:43 pm
by AnalHamster
Hard to see how they could have been better prepared given they were always going to be outgunned with conventional forces, they've executed their plans pretty effectively and chump is going to have to quit or commit ground troops. You lose either way.

Re: Retrieving the Uranium in Iran

Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2026 4:40 pm
by CHEEZY17
Iran's strategy is backfiring

Arab-Islamic bloc condemns Iran strikes on Gulf states as Saudi Arabia signals military option
https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/saudi/a ... .500479750

Saudi cabinet condemns Iranian attacks, affirms right to defend Kingdom
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2635940/saudi-arabia