2007-09-19 16:29:54 · 6 answers · asked by IIIB 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
It is an open secret that Israel do have nuclear weapon, showing the US double standard since the US allows it to happen while freaking to death when anybody else just intent to build a nuclear power plant.
2007-09-19 16:42:11 · answer #1 · answered by Adi Keladi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. They got them in 1967. It is one of the reasons that the US was so so supportive of Israel and helped them in the 1970's confrontations with their neighbors. If Israel lost a war with conventional weapon it was clear they would have gone nuclear. We did not want a nuclear war in the middle east that could involve Russia helping their Arab allies, with the possibility of starting WW III. We still are afraid of the problems that would result from a nuclear exchange in the middle east, which is why we are so concerned with Iran's nuclear program but react only mildly when India, Pakistan, and even North Korea obtained nuclear weapons.
2007-09-19 17:57:27 · answer #2 · answered by meg 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Officially , no. Unofficially, ABSOLUTELY.
Israel is in proud possession of approximately 200 nuclear weapons, and a few dozen of those are in dead-drop positions in the event of a catastrophic nuclear or conventional attack against Israel proper.
The four tennents of Israeli Nuclear Response
1. A successful Arab military penetration into populated areas within Israel's post-1949 borders.
2. The destruction of the Israeli Air Force.
3. The exposure of Israeli cities to massive and devastating air attacks or to possible chemical or biological attacks.
4. The use of nuclear weapons against Israeli territory.
Nuclear carrying Submarines http://www.nti.org/db/submarines/israel/index.html
Land based nuclear weapons http://www.cdi.org/issues/nukef&f/database/isnukes.html
Nuclear development and Israel Search Wikipedia for
"Nuclear weapons and Israel"
2007-09-19 16:49:23 · answer #3 · answered by Mark T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, they do, but they don't want it to be officially known.
benny morris, a zionist historian, states that zionist terrorists used terrorism to steal the land of the pals.
2007-09-19 16:36:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, and have for years. And they do not belong to the NPT!!
2007-09-19 16:38:27 · answer #5 · answered by cantcu 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I hope they do, everyone else seems to.
2007-09-19 16:37:59 · answer #6 · answered by The Angry Elephant 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋