ScienceInsider: Israeli attack kills two of Iran’s top nuclear weapons scientists

I don't think that doing science gives moral indulgence. A researcher who does scientific work in the military field must understand that he is a target. On the other hand, authoritarian authorities may not give him a choice, as happened with Andrei Sakharov. Having created the most monstrous weapon in the world, a thermonuclear bomb, as I understand it, he spent the rest of his life atoning for his guilt, becoming a defender of human rights in the USSR and was persecuted (in the city of Gorky, now the city has returned to its old name Nizhny Novgorod) and tortured (forced feeding through a tube).

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Israeli attack kills two of Iran’s top nuclear weapons scientists

Bombing raids target uranium enrichment facility and key personnel

13 Jun 2025 4:25 PM ET By Richard Stone

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