Which countries in the middle East have nuclear weapons? Israel only.
Israel has, experts say, between 90 and 300 nuclear weapons. They are deployed in a triad, in the same manner as the US nuclear weapons. They have 5 Dolphin-class submarines with nuclear-armed cruise missles. They have 40 to 50 F-151 and F-16 fighter bombers, with nuclear capability. They have 25-50 land based Jerico 2 (medium rnge) and Jerico 3 (intercontinental range) missles armed with nuclear weapons. Sources debate over exact numbers but no one disputes that Israel has nuclear capabilities deployed and ready to strike.
Israel has kept info about their nuclear program top secret. It was unknown until Israeli nuclear engineer Mordechai Vanunu divulged it in 1986, sending documents to the British press. As a result, he was kidnapped and drugged in Rome by Mossad and returned to Israel where he served an 18-year sentence, 11 in solitary confinement.
Over the years Israel has conducted these operations to impair Iran’s ability to enrich nuclear fuel.
* Stuxnet cyberattack. (2012) Computer worm damaged 1000 centrifuges
* Nantanz explosion. (2020) Destroyed centrifuge assembly plant.
* Karaj centrifuge attack (2021) Drone attack on centrifuge components production unit.
* Nuclear scientists assassinated in Iran by Mossad
Masoud Alimohmmadi- (2010) remote control bomb.
Majid Shahriari (2010) car bomb
Darioush Rezainjad (2010) shot by gunmen on motorcycles.
Mostafa Roshan (2012) magnetic bomb under car
Mohsen Fakrizadeh (2020) remote control bomb
sources: Rand Corporation, US Istitute of peace, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, U of Virginia National Data and Policy Institute
Hypothetical : China develops an intercontinent missle and propulsion that will travel 4 times the speed of previous missles. The US starts to replicate the science. China attacks the new US installations, and assassinates 5 American scientists working on the program.
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