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2015-11-21 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Israel has 115 nuclear weapons, claims US think tank

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Posted by trailing wife 2015-11-21 00:41|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top

#1 https://www.princeton.edu/~aglaser/PU056-Glaser-Miller-2011.pdf

Very different figures here.

Posted by BernardZ 2015-11-21 08:27|| 2015-11-21 08:27|| Front Page Top

#2 My only question would be "is that enough?"

Is the fact that this group is named ISIS coincidental?

Posted by AlanC 2015-11-21 08:27|| 2015-11-21 08:27|| Front Page Top

#3 BernardZ, both articles seem to indicate comparable amounts of Israeli Plutonium. How many weapons that makes is a function of strategy and technical design capability - I am pretty confident Israel can design and build nukes as small as anyone.

Posted by Glenmore 2015-11-21 14:05|| 2015-11-21 14:05|| Front Page Top

#4 I've heard unclassified estimates of between 150 and 200, and an 80% probability that Israel has constructed at least 25 thermonuclear weapons. They also have the capability to deliver those weapons anywhere in the world, in a limited capacity.

Posted by Old Patriot 2015-11-21 23:21|| 2015-11-21 23:21|| Front Page Top

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