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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Even with today’s access to information and technology it is far from easy.

We can see that in the case of Iran: just to get enough enriched Uranium they had to build a whole factory full of ultra-highly powered centrifuges. And most likely they still don’t have enough of the right stuff to proceed (several sabotage acts by whoever also didn’t help, of course).

And that is only the start – expect a massive research project before you even get close to an actual bomb.

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