Israel
Facilities Last updated: November, 2012
Nuclear
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While Israel is widely acknowledged to possess nuclear weapons, Tel Aviv maintains a policy of "nuclear ambiguity," or "nuclear opacity," refraining from overt admissions that it possesses nuclear weapons, nuclear tests, or threats to its adversaries that explicitly involve nuclear weapons. The majority of open source information about Israel's nuclear activities comes either from Israeli government leaks or non-Israeli analyses. Therefore, the following descriptions and analyses of Israeli nuclear facilities are inherently speculative, based on the most credible available open source material.
Facilities Descriptions
Nuclear-Conversion
Nuclear-Education and Training
Nuclear-Enrichment
Nuclear-Exploration and Mining
Nuclear-Fuel Fabrication
Nuclear-Heavy Water Production
Nuclear-Milling
Nuclear-Regulatory
Nuclear-Reprocessing
Nuclear-Research Reactor
Nuclear-Research and Development
Nuclear-Storage
Nuclear-Waste Management
Nuclear-Weaponization
Missiles
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Israel considers its military missile and space activities to be classified and does not officially comment on them. The majority of open source information about Israel's missile activities comes either from Israeli government leaks or non-Israeli analyses. Therefore, the following descriptions and analyses of Israeli missile facilities are inherently speculative, based on the most credible available open source material.
Facilities Descriptions
Missile-Base
Missile-Education and Training
Missile-Missile Defense
Missile-Production
Missile-Regulatory
Missile-Storage
Missile-Testing
This material is produced independently for NTI by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of and has not been independently verified by NTI or its directors, officers, employees, or agents. Copyright © 2011 by MIIS.
Get the Facts on Israel
- Widely believed to have produced enough weapons-grade plutonium for 100 to 200 nuclear warheads
- Developing a comprehensive multi-layered missile defense system
- Not a state party to the NPT, CTBT, BTWC, CWC or MTCR
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May 13, 2013
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May 6, 2013
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May 2, 2013
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Israeli Sub to Begin Testing
April 30, 2013
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April 30, 2013

