Originally Posted by
EDLB
By all means we can assume that they already have some working uranium bombs. But now they are in the same problem as all others with nuclear bombs. You can not use them, otherwise your country will be toast. Israel has a working second strike capability with their subs, and Iran knows this. All large population centers in Iran would be glassed if they would use a single nuke against Israel.
I thought it was usual for 'new' nuclear powers to first do an underground test explosion to 'announce' their entry into the club.
The resultant seismic signature is usually attributed to a nuke by those countries with suitable monitoring equipment and
scientific knowhow.