Eli5: Why is it so hard for a country to make a nuclear bomb?

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I’m assuming the science of making one is out there. Why then countries like Iran who so want to develop atomic weapons haven’t been able to do so?

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This is why breakout capability is a thing. Iran can make a nuke today if they wanted to, but they won’t because then the rest of the world will look at them sideways.

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