In his statement yesterday to the Senate Armed Services Committee on Strategic Forces, General Anthony J. Cotton, the Commander of U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), stated that Iran is continuing to expand its nuclear program by increasing its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, adding that Tehran had now reduced the time required to produce weapons-grade uranium for a nuclear warhead, from 10-15 days, to less than one week. Additionally General Cotton states that Iran’s work on space-based launch vehicles has also shortened its timeline to produce an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which could have a range of 2,400 miles with a 2,200lb payload.