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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Making the bomb isn’t difficult. Miniaturizing it to put on a ballistic missile is extremely difficult.

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