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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It’s basically really hard to gather all the components you would need, and even harder to do it secretly.

And even then the bomb itself needs to work in a really specific way. (You can’t just light a fuse and run to a safe distance.)

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