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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Alighieri who wrote (159248)1/30/2003 11:18:58 AM
From: hmaly  Read Replies (1) of 1579980
 
Al Re...We believe the tubes were destined for the conventional rocket program," ElBaradei said. He said the tubes could be modified for uranium enrichment but that the process would be expensive, time-consuming and detectable,

What Mr Baredi fails to point out is that using rare, expensive, aluminum tubes also make no sense for rockets, as almost any type of metal can be fabricated for the skin of rockets. And most rockets are very thin skinned, with just enough strength to keep the rocket together, not these types of heavy rare aluminum tubes. Why order a tube which has to be machined afterwards to separate uranium; because Iraq was trying to go around the sanctions, and when caught, simply converted them for use in rockets, so they had an alibi.
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