Does Israel have an atomic bomb?
94467
Although they don't advertise it, Israel has had nuclear weapons since the 70's.  Unofficial open source estimates of about 60 or so weapons in their stockpile.
168352
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/israel/nuke/\n\nThis is an estimate of the size of the nuclear program of Israel up to 2000; the text is in the Federation of  American Scientists site. The number in the graph shows something around 200 !\n\nMind you that the text cites that in the Yom Kipur war probably around 13-14 atomic bombs were build. Apparently, none of them were used, since the war was using only conventional weapons.\n\nWe all know that only two atomic bombs were used in history though, both of them in Japan by the american army.
322283
Iran hasn't even claimed they have an Atomic weapon yet.  They only announced today that they can enrich uranium.  they still have work to do to get the bomb.
194227
Neither, The regime in Iran simply needs to not be able to produce nukes.\n\nDestroy their enrichment facilities and leave it at that.\n\nWe don't need the country.\n\nWith luck, the Israeli's will resolve that for us.
872261
If Israel bombed Iran I really doubt that there are going to be many countries supporting Israel...maybe US,yes.But thinking what would be the consequences of this attack I'm wondering if even US would support Israel...An attack on Iran would really anger Russia and China,let's not talk about the Islamic countries...\nOf course I wouldn't support Israel in attacking another country.They have done enough damage to the Middle east and someone should stop them...
316539
When/if Israel wants it.
257775
Israel is a responsible democratic country whose nuclear weapons act a deterrent to the Arab/Muslim nations that wish to destroy it. Iran is an oppressive theocracy run by a raving lunatic.
947526
Why is Israel a rogue terror state? because it defends itself from an enemy that openly says that it will wipe them off the face of the Earth? i do not condone several of the decisions that Israel has made, but at least they have never wiped someone off the face of the earth.
437011
Dear Sir you are highly mistaken! It is not Israel thats afraid of Iran but it is the other way round. Israel has full support of the USA so it does not need to fear Iran or any other country of the world for that matter.
593384
Giving Iran nukes would destabalize the entire middle east, because Israel cannot survive with an enemy with nuclear tech.  Israel will attack Iran before the year is out unless sanctions are imposed.  Why?  Israel has been invaded by nearly every country in the middle east at one point or another, and defeated them all.
13762
1. Iran didn't threaten Israel, the Iranian president said it should be wiped off map, and it doesn't mean anything, and is just a slogan.\n2. Israel won't dare attacking Iran, cause it knows how much military power iran has. If the war happens it would be some thing like the war between Iraq and Iran. All the western and Arabic countries supported Iraq, but Iran relied on it's people and won the war, even though it ended with a peace agreement, every one knows the winner of that war was Iran.\n3. Western countries won't let Israel attack Iran. Iran is one of the world's biggest suppliers of oil. The price of oil is currently about 60 dollars, with a war the price is going to be about 80-90 dollars, and it would cause unrecoverable damages to the economy of western countries.\n4. Iran is much larger than Israel and has a bigger and stronger army. The power of the armies of both countries almost matches up in air force, and navy. But iran has a much stronger Army. Israel is small so if Iran target Israel with missle, Israel will experience unrecoverable damages. But Israel can't target Iran with missles, and if it does it can't make that much of a damage.( Note the new anti missle and aircraft systems Iran bought from Russia, which covers the entire western parts of Iran.) \n5. There are alot of american forces around Iran that if Israel attacks and U.S. supports it, Iran can easily hit them. \n6. Iran has alot of allies around Israel. Syria, Lebanon, and even Palestine.\n7. People of Iran fully support it in war, even if they hate their government, the spirit of Iranians is that they won't let any foreign person or country rule over them, and as they did in the war between Iran and Iraq they will fully support their country in the war.\n8. God is with Iranians. Iranians have a strong faith in god, and with that faith they can do anything.\n9. I would definately take the side of Iran. Iran has the best and most reasonable democracy and system of government in the world. Israel is not a legal state, and has never been.
678163
well fo sure ........nobody knows. but the most likely reason can be to gain international respect vis-a-vis united states as it happened in the case of india . also to have a dominating position in the midle east given its complex geopolitical situation and also have an upper hand with respect to israel. dont forget israel also has nuclear weapons but nobody is concerned about that.........
656776
I say that you are crazy.  Iran cannot have nukes, no if's, and's, or but's about it.  They have vowed to wipe Israel off the map, and a nuke would give them the means to do it, and permanently.  A weapon that deadly in the hands of insanity is just that- insanity.
143559
Israel Nukes Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Iran.  Then carpet bomb the West Bank and Gaza.\n\nThat would be about the only way to do it successfully.  But it won't happen
439550
abdulqadeer48 - pull your head out of ... the sand.\n\nOf course China has nukes pointed at US soil. Any country with that many nukes (the US included) has nuclear weapons ready to launch in an instant in case of attack. Whether they will actually push the button or not is the only question. As one answerer earlier stated, they are not ready ... yet.\n\nOf course the US will continue to support Israel. It is the oldest democracy in the Middle East with a culture very similar to the US. In fact, many US citizens choose to make Israel their home.\n\nSo, Yes and Yes.
140746
Absolutely!  Israel is a civilized country amidst a gaggle of fanatics who don't even acknowledge their right to exist.  The land they occupy is their land, altough they lost it for 2000 years. They got their land back through the support of civilized governments and the UN. Civilized countries will continue to support their right to their home land and their right to exist. This is one more reason for the UN to hang tough on the Iran issue of nuclear power.  Iran is one country that would deny Israel its right to exist.
870347
Israel is a nation because it is the will of Allah.\n\nIsrael has nukes because Allah wanted the Jews to have nukes.\n\nNothing in this world happens without the blessings of Allah.