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Iran Tested Advanced Nuke Warhead Technology

Tehran said to have deployed design still classified in US, Britain

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 6, 2009 7:12 AM CST

(Newser) – Iran has tested nuclear warhead technology so advanced that its very existence is an official secret in the US and Britain, according to a report from the UN’s nuclear watchdog group, the International Atomic Energy Agency. The dossier, obtained by the Guardian, says Iran... Read full story »

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Tehran said to have deployed design still classified in US, Britain

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