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The "nuclear option" may refer to a nuclear weapon or to the nuclear reactor near Dimona, which Israel claims is used for scientific research. Peres, in his capacity as the Director General of the Ministry of Defense in the early 1950s, was responsible for building Israel's nuclear capability. [213]
Israel's nuclear-capable ballistic missiles are believed to be buried so far underground that they would survive a nuclear attack. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Additionally, Israel is believed to have an offshore nuclear second-strike capability, using submarine-launched nuclear-capable cruise missiles , which can be launched from the Israeli Navy 's Dolphin ...
On 7 November 2023, during the Israel–Hamas war, Heritage Minister Amihai Eliyahu said during a radio interview that a nuclear strike would be "one way" to deal with Gaza, which commentators and diplomats interpreted as a tacit admission that Israel possesses such a capability. His remarks were criticized by the United States and Russia, and ...
Israel is weighing its response to Iran's missile attack. One option would be to take out Iran's nuclear sites — something Biden opposes. Experts say this kind of attack would be difficult ...
Satellite photos show Israel hit Iran former nuclear weapons test building, missile facilities, researchers say. Jonathan Landay. October 27, 2024 at 12:25 AM. By Jonathan Landay.
Israel refuses to confirm or deny it has nuclear weapons or to describe how it would use them, a policy of deliberate ambiguity known as "nuclear ambiguity" or "nuclear opacity." This has made it difficult for anyone outside the Israeli government to describe the country's true nuclear policy definitively, while still allowing Israel to ...
The site at the center of the nation's undeclared atomic weapons program is undergoing what appears to be its biggest construction project in decades, satellite photos analyzed by The Associated ...
Israel operates a heavy water cooled and moderated nuclear reactor called "IRR-2" (Israel Research Reactor-2) at the Negev Nuclear Research Center (NRCN) near Dimona [8] officially for research purposes, although many believe the installation's true purpose is the production of nuclear materials for use in Israel's nuclear weapons. [9]