A week ago, Israel launched a attack againstIranclaiming that the regime of Ayatollah – which does not make a secret of its goal of destroying the Jewish state – was one step away from the creation of nuclear weapons. At the same time, Israel itself is considered one nuclear power.
Experts are convinced that the country has obtained the atomic bomb in 60s. Israel He never confirmed his nuclear statusdoes not reveal his nuclear arsenal and does not publicly specify the conditions in which it could be used. According to theLast report (released this week) of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri)the nine States with nuclear weapons – United States, Russian Federation, United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, Popular Democratic Republic of Korea (RPDC or North Korea) more Israel – They continued to modernize their nuclear arsenals In the 2024. In the absence of official data, the Curtains is the most reliable source to have at least one Estimation of Israeli nuclear potential.
The report underlines that “Israel continues to maintain the policy of nuclear ambiguityleaving a significant uncertainty on the number and characteristics of his nuclear weapons». Israel He does not confirm neither he denies possessing nuclear weapons and, consequently, does not disclose his nuclear doctrinea position that experts call “nuclear opacity»: It allows him to enjoy the advantages of being one nuclear power (with all the consequences in terms of deterrence) without the costs that follow (Inspections of the plants by international experts). Also for this, the Curtains Welcomes to emphasize that his relationship for the section relating to Israel contains only «estimates with a considerable degree of uncertainty».
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute estimates that the Israeli stocks have probably remained stable to about 90 newspapers to January 2025. It is believed that Israel stia modernizing his nuclear arsenal and in 2024 has conducted a test of a nuclear propulsion systemprobably correlated to his class of Jericho missiles. The country is also updating its Plutonium production plant at the Negev Nuclear Research Center (NNRC) near Dimona.
Israel has about 125 Combat planes potentially nuclear (100 F-16I And 25 F-15), but the Curtains believes that only about 50 aircraft (25 F-16I and all 25 F-15) could play a role in a nuclear attack. It is not known whether theIsraeli military aeronautics added nuclear ability to F-15as did the United States. The Jericho III He is gradually replacing the old Jericho II And it is possible that this process has already been completed. A version a long range of Jericho missile with a new solid fuel engine it could be in development. IsraelFinally, it operates Five Dolphin class submarines equipped with electric diesel propulsion which is estimated can transport a maximum of 20 potentially nuclear missiles.