U.S. intelligence community confirmed that Israelis had nukes in 1974

In August 1974 the CIA, the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research, and the Defense Intelligence Agency determined that Israel had nuclear weapons.

The CIA also determined that the Jews were selling nuclear materials, equipment, or technology to various other countries -- including Iran before the Shah was removed.

This was all contained in a top-secret document, consigned to the CIA's vaults for almost 32 years. The document was released to the public during Bush's visit to the Israelis.

A small part of it was released in early 2006 under a Freedom of Information Request placed by scholars Avner Cohen and William Burr.

The original document was part of a 1974 NIE report titled, "Prospects For Further Proliferation Of Nuclear Weapons."

State Department officials Joseph Sisco, Alfred (Roy) Atherton and Harold Saunders tried to whitewash the 1974 Special NIE report. They said it was CIA project, when in fact it was a large-scale project that included intelligence chief William Hyland as a senior member of the board. Hyland agreed that the Jews had nukes.

In both the original 1974 document and the 1975 State Department paper, the entire U.S. intelligence community determined, "Israel already has produced nuclear weapons."

This analysis was based on Israeli acquisition of large quantities of uranium, which was then enriched to weapons grade, and on the huge Israeli investment in the "Jericho" surface-to-surface missile that carries nuclear warheads.

The Jericho I model entered service in 1971. The Jericho III entered service since mid-2005. With a payload of 1,000 - 1,300 kg (2,200 – 2870 pounds) it has a range of 6,500-7000km (4,350 miles).

The missile has much greater range with a payload of only 350kg (772 pounds -- the weight of a Jewish nuclear warhead).

(This gives Israel a nuclear strike capability against the USA if the USA ever decided to end its financial support for Israel. The missile would have to be placed in Africa. One variant uses the Shavit booster, which allows the Jews to put satellites into orbit. It can also be fired from a mobile launcher.)

Israel and South Africa collaborated closely in rocket technology in the 1970's and 1980's. South Africa gave Israel uranium and test facilities for nukes. Israel gave South Africa aerospace technology, taken from the USA.

(Presumably the missile is named “Jericho” after the biblical book of Joshua, which celebrates how Jews slaughtered every man, woman, child, and animal in the city of Jericho, and stole all its valuables.)

The 1974 document describes the Jericho project, from its inception in France through its migration to Israel to the replacement of the original inertial guidance system by an Israeli design "based on components produced in Israel under licenses from U.S. companies."

Israel Aircraft Industries makes the Jericho missile, and has constructed a number of facilities for production and testing at a missile assembly and checkout plant at Ramle air base near Haifa.

The 1974 NIE said the Shah of Iran definitely sought nuclear weapons. “If he is alive in the mid-80's, if Iran has a full-fledged nuclear power industry, plus all the facilities necessary for nuclear weapons, and if other countries have proceeded with weapons development, we have no doubt that Iran will also make nuclear weapons."

The Shah's ouster in 1979 (and death a year later) slowed down Iran's nuclear project.

The authors of the 1974 NIE wrote that the USA helped France expedite its nuclear weapons program. France in turn helped Israel.

Source: Haaretz.

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Jericho III

From wikipedia:

Jericho III is thought to have been in service since mid-2005. With a payload of 1,000 - 1,300 kg it has a range of 6,500-7000km, and probably significantly greater with a payload of 350kg (one Israeli nuclear warhead). This gives Israel, at least, nuclear strike capability against Africa, Europe, and most of Asia.

From Press TV:

A Washington-based military think tank has revealed that the Zionist regime has produced nuclear weapons with 'a yield of one megaton'.

A new report complied by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) claims Israeli nuclear warheads have both air and sea capabilities.

The study, authored by former US Defense Department strategist Anthony Cordesman, disclosed that Israel is currently 'in possession of 200 nuclear warheads'.

Megaton nuclear bombs are about twice the size of MK 18, the most powerful US-made fission bomb, which used 60kg of enriched uranium.

Israel is widely believed to possess the only nuclear arsenal in the Middle East...

From PBS:

The fission bomb detonated over Hiroshima had an explosive blast equivalent to 12,500 tons of TNT. A 1 megaton hydrogen bomb, hypothetically detonated on the earth's surface, has about 80 times the blast power of that 1945 explosion.

Radius of destructive circle: 1.7 miles
12 pounds per square inch

At the center lies a crater 200 feet deep and 1000 feet in diameter. The rim of this crater is 1,000 feet wide and is composed of highly radioactive soil and debris. Nothing recognizable remains within about 3,200 feet (0.6 miles) from the center, except, perhaps, the remains of some buildings' foundations. At 1.7 miles, only some of the strongest buildings -- those made of reinforced, poured concrete -- are still standing. Ninety-eight percent of the population in this area are dead.

Radius: 2.7 miles
5 psi

Virtually everything is destroyed between the 12 and 5 psi rings. The walls of typical multi-story buildings, including apartment buildings, have been completely blown out. The bare, structural skeletons of more and more buildings rise above the debris as you approach the 5 psi ring. Single-family residences within this this area have been completely blown away -- only their foundations remain. Fifty percent of the population between the 12 and 5 psi rings are dead. Forty percent are injured.

Radius: 4.7 miles
2 psi

Any single-family residences that have not been completely destroyed are heavily damaged. The windows of office buildings have been blown away, as have some of their walls. The contents of these buildings' upper floors, including the people who were working there, are scattered on the street. A substantial amount of debris clutters the entire area. Five percent of the population between the 5 and 2 psi rings are dead. Forty-five percent are injured.

Radius: 7.4 miles
1 psi

Residences are moderately damaged. Commercial buildings have sustained minimal damage. Twenty-five percent of the population between the 2 and 1 psi rings have been injured, mainly by flying glass and debris. Many others have been injured from thermal radiation -- the heat generated by the blast. The remaining seventy-five percent are unhurt.