CENTRIFUGE MAGNETS REALLY NOT

"On February 13 Joby Warrick reported for the Washington Post that "Iran recently sought to acquire tens of thousands of highly specialized magnets used in centrifuge machines, according to experts and diplomats, a sign that the country may be planning a major expansion of its nuclear program that could shorten the path to an atomic weapons capability..." 
(But) The apparent manufacturer or supplier of the magnets in question, Ferrito Plastronics, is evidently a "tiny firm (in India) in a dark alley in Chennai's electronic spare parts hub on Meeran Sahib Street." According to the Times of India, "the Chennai firm does supply magnets. But these, avers company proprietor Bala Subramanian, are the ones used in loudspeakers, coils, and medical equipment. Besides these, there are decorative magnets for fridges."

http://www.fpif.org/blog/latest_smoking_gun_on_irans_nuclear_program_just_another_misfire>http://www.fpif.org/blog/latest_smoking_gun_on_irans_nuclear_program_just_another_misfire
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http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/op-eds/iran-centrifuge-magnet-story-technically-questionable>http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/op-eds/iran-centrifuge-magnet-story-technically-questionable