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As of 2019, Israel remains the only country in the Middle East believed to possess nuclear weapons. [23] The Samson Option refers to Israel's ability to use nuclear weapons against attackers as a deterrence strategy in the face of existential military threats to the nation. [32] [33]
Experts estimated the stockpile of Israeli nuclear weapons range from 60 to as many as 400. [3] [4] [5] It is unknown if Israel's reported thermonuclear weapons are in the megaton range. [6] Israel is also reported to possess a wide range of different systems, including neutron bombs, tactical nuclear weapons, and suitcase nukes. [7]
Map of nuclear-armed states of the world NPT -designated nuclear weapon states (China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, United States) Other states with nuclear weapons (India, North Korea, Pakistan) Other states presumed to have nuclear weapons (Israel) NATO or CSTO member nuclear weapons sharing states (Belgium, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Turkey, Belarus) States formerly possessing nuclear ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. For the 1991 book, see The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy. Samson Option According to the biblical narrative, Samson died when he grasped two pillars of the Temple of Dagon, and "bowed himself with all his might" (Judges 16:30, KJV). This has been variously ...
Israel is believed to have produced its first nuclear weapons by 1967, and it has been estimated to possess anywhere between 80 and 400 nuclear weapons. [ 3 ] Information about the facility remains highly classified and the country maintains a policy known as strategic ambiguity —refusing either to confirm or deny their possession.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration on Friday said Israel's use of U.S.-supplied weapons may have violated international humanitarian law during its military operation in Gaza, in its ...
Iran has unleashed its largest ever attack on Israel, firing 180 ballistic missiles late Tuesday most of which were apparently intercepted by anti-missile defenses employed by Israel, the United ...
The Arrow 3 system is believed to have a range of 1,500 miles and can reach an altitude of 100 miles.. The Arrow 2 is designed to explode near a missile to bring down an incoming missile, but the ...