I am highly skeptical of @benrileysmith story that Iran assisted DPRK with *recent* nuclear advances. (1/n)
telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/0…
@benrileysmith UK government is looking for evidence of foreign involvement b/c of belief that DPRK couldn't have made progress without outside help. (2/n)
@benrileysmith I think this assumption is BS, frankly. (3/n)
@benrileysmith DPRK's progress is consistent with history for first test to H-bomb:
Soviet Union: 4 tests (4 years)
North Korea: 6 tests (11 years)
(4/n)
@benrileysmith And North Korea has huge advantages the Soviet Union didn't have, e.g. advanced computers. (5/n)
@benrileysmith Moreover, Iran's program is much less advanced that North Korea's. Iran has never detonated a nuke. #ThanksObama (6/n)
@benrileysmith So what reason is there to think Iran could help DPRK with advanced weapon design? (7/n)
@benrileysmith That said, if you want to put Iran in a position where it could help DPRK in weapon development, scrapping the JCPOA is a GREAT idea. (8/8)
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