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The proven effectiveness of cruise missiles of its own production may have been behind Israel's recent acquisition of these submarines which are equipped with torpedo tubes suitable for launching long-range (1,500–2,400 km) nuclear-capable cruise missiles [182] [183] that would offer Israel a second strike capability. [184]
Israel is believed to possess weapons of mass destruction, and to be one of four nuclear-armed countries not recognized as a Nuclear Weapons State by the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). [1] The US Congress Office of Technology Assessment has recorded Israel as a country generally reported as having undeclared chemical warfare capabilities, and ...
Israel is also generally understood to have nuclear weapons, but does not acknowledge it, maintaining a policy of deliberate ambiguity. [3] Israel is estimated to possess somewhere between 75 and 400 nuclear warheads. [4] [5] One possible motivation for nuclear ambiguity is deterrence with minimum political friction. [6] [7]
The Middle East is edging ever closer toward a full-blown regional war as Israel vowed to respond to Iran’s huge barrage of ballistic missiles fired at the country on Tuesday night, capping a ...
Israel's first open attack on Iran targets missile sites, but spares oil and nuclear targets, military officials said. The attack risks pushing the archenemies closer to all-out war.
Israel Nuclear capable ballistic missile 1,700km range Jericho-III: Israel Nuclear capable ballistic missile 6,500-11,500km range Jericho-IV: Israel
[32] On 2 November 2011, Israel successfully test fired a missile believed to be an upgraded version of the Jericho III from Palmachim; the long trail of smoke was seen throughout central Israel. [33] Israel's intercontinental ballistic missile launchers are believed to be buried so deeply that they would survive a first strike nuclear attack ...
Iran's senior military officials have announced that in case of an attack on Iran, the entire territory of Israel and the military bases of the United States of America in the Middle East region will be targeted by Iranian missiles. [18] Iran can strike Israel using Shahab-3, Sejjil 2, Ghadr-110, Haj Qasem and Khorramshahr ballistic missiles ...