International experts: Israel owns 300 nuclear warheads

[MarketNeutral]

The London-based international institute for strategic studies has estimated that Israel was currently in the possession of 200 nuclear warheads while another British magazine specialized in defense issues said that Israel owned between 200 to 300 warheads.

Analysts at British defense specialists Jane's said on Saturday that Israel is the sixth biggest country in the world in the field of nuclear armament, adding that its nuclear arsenal is equal to that of Britain.

According to Jane's, the Israeli strategic force could be deployed by the Jericho 2 missile, which has a range of up to 4,500 kilometers, or the five-year-old Jericho 3, which reaches up to 7,800 kilometers.

It is also believed to be able to deploy by air, using F-16 fighter jets, and even by sea through its submarine fleet, providing an opportunity for a second strike if its land systems are attacked.
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[Gypsybiker45]

Thats quite a bit for a small country. Good find! :) But actually I could care less about Israels Missiles ,anymore than i care about Irans. I consider both of them enemies of my homeland, One in the open, one not.that said, the Voice of Greater Syria ( and that is WHAT that region actually is,Palestine and Israel are both the improper names) is a purely propaganda site.

[hoarder]

This should make all teevee watching Americans feel safe. Our ally has the means to blow the smithereens out of Western Civilization. :P

[General of Darkness]

The Samson Option is a term used to describe Israel’s alleged deterrence strategy of massive retaliation with nuclear weapons as a “last resort” against nations whose military attacks threaten its existence, and possibly against other targets as well. Israel refuses to admit it has nuclear weapons or to describe how it would use them, an official policy of nuclear ambiguity, also known as "nuclear opacity." This has made it difficult for anyone outside the Israeli government to definitively describe its true nuclear policy, while still allowing Israel to influence the perceptions, strategies and actions of other governments.

As early as 1976, the CIA believed that Israel possessed 10 to 20 nuclear weapons. By 2002 it was estimated that the number had increased to between 75 and 200 thermonuclear weapons, each in the multiple-megaton range. Kenneth S. Brower has estimated as many as 400 nuclear weapons. These can be launched from land, sea and air. This gives Israel a second strike option even if much of the country is destroyed.

The term "Samson Option" has also been used more generally in reference to Israel's nuclear program. Commentators have also employed the term in reference to situations where non-nuclear, non-Israeli actors, such as Saddam Hussein, Yassir Arafat and Hezbollah have threatened conventional weapons retaliation—and even regarding former United States President George W. Bush's foreign policy.

Van Creveld was quoted in David Hirst's "The Gun and the Olive Branch" (2003) as saying "I consider it all hopeless at this point. ... We have the capability to take the world down with us. And I can assure you that that will happen, before Israel goes under." He quoted General Moshe Dayan: "Israel must be like a mad dog, too dangerous to bother."

[Book]

Israel has 300 undeclared nukes but demands that us goyim start WWIII to prevent Iran from getting even one nuke. Sanctions for Iran and a wink to Israel? Let's "inspect" the facilities of both.

Chutzpah.

:o

[Ash_Williams]

We all know how this scam works. They say they have 300 nukes but really there's only about 5, they rest exist only on paper. No one has noticed because they never ask for delivery. This manipulation is keeping the price of nukes down.

[Ponce]

Five is all that they need to start WWIII

[JDRock]

This should make all teevee watching Americans feel safe. Our ally has the means to blow the smithereens out of Western Civilization. :P


more importantly they have a quasi -religious reason to WANT to do so.

[Fanakapan]

They say they have 300 nukes but really there's only about 5

I'll buy that, when one considers the effort involved in getting weapons grade stuff together, and the paucity of resources that Israel has (1 snoty power plant, Dimona) and combine that with the well known tribal characteristic for 'Biging it Up' its likely that Israel's nuclear capability is many orders of magnitude lower than is commonly thought.