Have you even read the
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action? Do you realize that this deal was negotiated by the P5+1? Do you know what the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty is, or its components? We're giving Iran "First Strike Capabilities?" Do you even know what First Strike Capabilities are?
As it stands, Iran cannot, and will not have first strike capabilities. Iran does not even have a super scary weapons geared rocketry program. While they might have the most Ballistic Missiles in the Middle East, Israel for example has a wider range of ballistic missiles (though less in number). Most of Iran's ballistics missiles are acquired from foreign sources, sort of like North Korea - and if you pay any attention to the news you'll notice that all of North Korea's missiles that are suppose to be capable of hitting California fall short of
Japan into the ocean.
As it stands Iran is going to
reduce the amount of centrifuges it has. From 19,000 to 6,104 the majority of these being used to enrich uranium. Uranium isn't that scary, what would be scary is if Iran wanted to make Light Water Reactors because these are made to refine Deuterium or what makes a thermonuclear weapon (a weapon that uses nuclear fission to create a fusion reaction and is much, much more powerful than what you could make out of a uranium bomb which is simply a fission weapon) (like the majority of our arsenal now is).
Also under the JCPOA Iran is reducing their stockpile of 10,000 kg of low-enriched uranium (LEU) to 300 kg of 3.67 percent LEU for 15 years. This is a MAJOR setback to any sort of weapons program, and even then all the extra stockpiles, reactors, and centrifuges are going to be placed under IAEA monitored storage. Under the JCPOA Iran has also agreed to cease its weapons program, and its high level enrichment which meant that it would take Iran about 2-3 months to enrich enough Uranium for a weapon, now it will take them at least a year to do it - but since most of their centrifuges and reactors that are capable of doing this will be shut down or placed under the IAEA they cannot simply up and enrich uranium.
Also under the JCPOA Iran agreed to, "The IAEA will have regular access to all of Iran’s nuclear facilities, including to Iran’s enrichment facility at Natanz and its former enrichment facility at Fordow, and including the use of the most up-to-date, modern monitoring technologies." And also Iran "has agreed to implement the Additional Protocol of the IAEA, providing the IAEA much greater access and information regarding Iran’s nuclear program, including both declared and undeclared facilities." What does the Additional Protocol of the IAEA call for?
- State provision of information about, and IAEA access to, all parts of a State’s nuclear fuel cycle, from uranium mines to nuclear waste and other locations where nuclear material intended for non-nuclear uses is present;
- State provision of information on, and IAEA short-notice access to, all buildings on a site;
- State provision of information about, and IAEA access to, a State’s nuclear fuel cycle research and development activities not involving nuclear material;
- State provision of information on the manufacture and export of sensitive nuclear-related equipment and material, and IAEA access to manufacturing and import locations in the State;
- IAEA collection of environmental samples beyond declared locations, when deemed necessary by the IAEA; and
- a simplified procedure for designation of IAEA inspectors, the issuance of multiple entry/exit visas and IAEA use of internationally established systems of communications.
Yeah, Iran is not making fissible material for at least 15 years.
As far as first strike capabilities go? Hardly. As it stands the US has first strike capabilities against China and Russia (yes we know where their missiles are, even their mobile launching systems, and we have subs in the Pacific), and this isn't exactly a "good thing," because it makes other states very nervous when the power of balance is tipped like this.