“For those concerned about Iran becoming a nuclear-armed state, it’s essential to understand not just what the attacks by the US and Israel did to the country’s capacity to enrich uranium, but also its existing inventory of atomic fuel,” Bloomberg reports.
“Prior to the airstrikes, Iran had accumulated a stockpile of highly enriched uranium that, if processed a bit further, could fuel 10 nuclear bombs.
Where that stockpile is now is unknown to the international inspectors who had been keeping tabs on it.”“If Iran still has the ability to enrich uranium, it could use that inventory to produce nuclear weapons in an effort to deter future military assaults.”