Israeli nuclear weapons program

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The Israeli nuclear weapons program is a clandestine initiative, widely believed to have produced a significant undeclared nuclear arsenal and to underpin Israel’s policy of deliberate nuclear ambiguity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military program ⓘ
nuclear weapons program ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Israeli nuclear program ⓘ
Israeli nuclear weapons capability ⓘ
associatedEvent 1979 Vela incident ⓘ
associatedMissile Jericho I ⓘ
Jericho II ⓘ
Jericho III ⓘ
associatedPlatform Dolphin-class submarines ⓘ
Israeli Air Force ⓘ
associatedWithFacilityOperator Israel Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ
associatedWithLeader David Ben-Gurion ⓘ
associatedWithScientist Ernst David Bergmann ⓘ
began late 1950s ⓘ
country Israel ⓘ
deliverySystem Jericho ballistic missile family ⓘ
aircraft-delivered gravity bombs ⓘ
submarine-launched cruise missiles ⓘ
developedWithAssistanceFrom France ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
developmentSite Dimona nuclear facility ⓘ
Negev Nuclear Research Center ⓘ
doctrine deterrence ⓘ
last-resort capability ⓘ
estimatedWarheadsLowerBound 80 ⓘ
estimatedWarheadsUpperBound 200 ⓘ
300 ⓘ
influencedBy Arab–Israeli conflict ⓘ
Holocaust experience ⓘ
keyFacility Negev Nuclear Research Center ⓘ
Soreq Nuclear Research Center ⓘ
notPartyTo Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons ⓘ
oversightBy Israeli government ⓘ
policyCharacteristic deliberate opacity ⓘ
nuclear ambiguity ⓘ
policyStatement Israel will not be the first to introduce nuclear weapons into the Middle East ⓘ
primaryFissileMaterial plutonium ⓘ
publicAcknowledgmentStatus neither confirmed nor denied by Israel ⓘ
region Middle East ⓘ
relatedPolicy Begin Doctrine ⓘ
preemptive strikes on nuclear facilities of adversaries ⓘ
securityRationale existential threats to Israel ⓘ
regional security threats ⓘ
status undeclared nuclear arsenal ⓘ
suspectedTestSite South Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to: South Atlantic
suspectedWarheadType boosted fission weapon ⓘ
implosion-type fission weapon ⓘ
thermonuclear weapon ⓘ
verificationStatus not subject to IAEA comprehensive safeguards ⓘ

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Dimona nuclear facility → associatedWithProgram → Israeli nuclear weapons program ⓘ
Dimona reactor → associatedWith → Israeli nuclear weapons program ⓘ
Israeli nuclear weapons program → alsoKnownAs → Israeli nuclear program ⓘ
linked to: Israeli nuclear weapons program