eli5: Why can’t countries that want to build Nukes build Nukes? Especially since several countries built them, some 75+ years ago
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You need weapons grade fuel, which you can’t buy on Amazon. The few countries that can supply it are very carefully monitored. You can also build a reactor to generate fuel, but the materials needed to do that are also specialized and carefully monitored.
Having nuclear weapons is the best way to avoid being attacked by the US (or any other country). The only reason the US hasn’t invaded North Korea is because they have nukes. If Iraq had nukes, no way would the US have invaded. “You only go to war when you know you’ve already won” as the mantra goes.
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