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U.S. Air Force: Israel has 400 nukes, building naval force
SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM
Thursday, July 4, 2002
A United States Air Force report asserts that Israel is building a nuclear naval force
meant to respond to any nuclear strike by such countries as Iran or Iraq.
It is the first time a U.S. military institution has stated that Israel has produced a
hydrogen bomb. The number of purported Israeli nuclear weapons cited in the
report is double that of previous assessments.
The report, sponsored by the air force's Counterproliferation Center, asserts that the
navy can deploy any of what it asserts is Israel's 400 atomic and hydrogen
weapons, Middle East Newsline reported. The center is located in the Maxwell Air
Force Base in Alabama.
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In a report entitled "The Third Temple's Holy of Holies: Israel's Nuclear Weapons,"
U.S. Army Col. Warner Farr said Israel's nuclear arsenal has grown from an
estimated 13 nuclear bombs in 1967 to 400 nuclear and thermonuclear weapons.
Farr said Israel's navy could deploy nuclear weapons on the fleet of three German-
built Dolphin-class diesel submarines.
"Israel will then have a second strike capability with nuclear cruise missiles, and
this
capability could well change the nuclear arms race in the Middle East," the report,
which Farr said is based on unclassified sources, read. "Israeli rhetoric on the new
submarines labels them 'national deterrent' assets."
The report said these nuclear missiles could have a range of 350 kilometers. Israel
would try to base its nuclear naval force near Oman, with which Israel has informal
relations, the September 1999 report, which was recently published by the center,
said.
"The first basing options for the new second-strike force of nuclear missile capable
submarines include Oman, an Arab nation with unofficial Israeli relations, located
strategically near Iran," the report said.
The U.S. Air Force Counterproliferation Center was established in 1998. The center
is meant to help prepare air force commanders counter the threat from weapons of
mass destruction. The report did not deem Israel's purported nuclear arsenal as a
direct threat to the United States.
The report said Israel's Defense Ministry has requested from the government of
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon authorization for a retaliatory nuclear strike. Israel
could
also use Jordanian air space for a nuclear strike on Iran, which the report said could
produce a nuclear warhead as early as 2004.
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