The United States has agreed to boost nuclear safety cooperation with Israel, an Israeli official said on Monday, despite the Jewish state's refusal to sign a nuclear non-proliferation treaty.
Israeli military leaders have begun early planning for a new, robotic defense system, armed with enough artificial intelligence that it "could take over completely" from flesh-and-blood operators in the event of an all-out nuclear attack.
Israel has drawn up secret plans to destroy Iran’s uranium enrichment facilities with tactical nuclear weapons. Two Israeli air force squadrons are training to blow up an Iranian facility using low-yield nuclear “bunker-busters”, according to several Israeli military sources.
Israel will continue to keep mum on whether it has atomic weapons, officials have said after the incoming US defense secretary described the Jewish state as a nuclear power.
The Middle East may now be entering the most precarious era of its history, with the sudden rush by Arabs, Iranians and Turks to master nuclear technology and one day unlock the secrets to the atomic bomb.
The first high-quality images from the Israeli Eros B spy satellite designed to track Iran's nuclear program arrived at a ground station over the weekend. Sample photographs from the satellite were officially distributed in an apparent attempt to convince Iran that Israel had the technical capacity to monitor their nuclear program.
The authors review the secret history of U.S. acceptance of the Israeli nuclear arsenal and argue that it is time for Israel to openly acknowledge its nuclear status.
Israel has launched a satellite that officials say will enhance its ability to spy on Iran's nuclear programme. The satellite, reportedly capable of taking clear photographs of objects on the ground as small as 70cm (2ft), was sent into space from eastern Russia.
ISRAELS armed forces have been ordered by Ariel Sharon, the prime minister, to be ready by the end of March for possible strikes on secret uranium enrichment sites in Iran, military sources have revealed. Among Israeli concerns is that Iran's developing space program could give them an early-warning capacity that will prevent future pre-emptive strikes.
The Bush administration has proposed providing Israel with 100 'bunker-buster' bombs capable of destroying underground targets, a move seen as sending a message to Iran to halt its nuclear programme.