Remember when we crippled Iran's nuclear capabilities via Stuxnet?

Stuxnet was a joint project with Israel. And it only slowed them down. The fact is that any half way developed country can build a nuke. It's not that hard (it's expensive but not "hard"). It's not a secret today like it was in 1945.

Unfortunately, the only way to stop it is by force. And unless you go to all out war and completely overthrow a government, these attacks will only slow them down.

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The only way to ensure complete destruction is to have a strike force on the ground for a short time.

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I don't think stopping Iran from building, however limited number, a nucleur weapon is possible now because they have been centrifuging too long now.

That's what Stuxnet slowed down... it spun up the centrifuges at such a rate they destroyed themselves. However, they've been doing it so long now they could have stashed fissible material in non-centrifuge locations that you would have to find and, somehow, destroy without creating an ecological disaster or a shitty bomb yourself.