The Iranian Nuclear Archipelago

A very important piece from Gary Milhollin and Valerie Lincy on what they assume to be an archipelago of secret Iranian nuclear sites. This is a key point:

...When talks begin in Geneva tomorrow, there should be little concern with the formerly dominant question of suspending enrichment at Natanz. Rather, Iran must be made to produce a complete map of its nuclear sites, together with a history of how each was created and provisioned.

This means getting access to scientists, records, equipment and sites. It is a lot to ask, and we may not have the leverage to get it. But anything less will provide no protection against what we now know is Iran's determination to build the bomb.

I'm probably not the only person to be struck by the seeming impossibility of the prescription.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2009/09/the-iranian-nuclear-archipelago/27535/