Is it possible that NIF will not achieve ignition?
I do not agree.
In the Senate, there was a considerable debate about whether to go ahead with this facility or not.
Well, the Iranians are doing that, too.
Candidly, I don't know whether this facility can produce or not.
I don't know how they're functioning. I don't know how they're paying for functioning.
And if you can't achieve ignition, that becomes a very big deal in terms of testing of weapons.
So we didn't fund it.
I don't know why any nation would want to go nuclear.
NIF is supposed to achieve ignition by September. My question is, will it? There are some that believe it will not.
That's $1.5 billion essentially wasted.