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I wonder how much more uranium this is than say israel themselves have???
by brewcejener 6mo ago
I wonder how much more uranium this is than say israel themselves have???
- markus_zhang 6mo agoIsrael is definitely the darling during the Cold War.
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- bawolff 6mo agoFrom the IAEA perspective, Israel is not a party to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty so they are not bound by IAEA rules (and in exchange they do not get the benefits of being part of the treaty, which are substantial)
- diath 6mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_and_nuclear_weapons#Stockpile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_and_nuclear_weapons#Sto... > 2008 – 80 intact warheads, of which 50 are re-entry vehicles for delivery by ballistic missiles, and the rest bombs for delivery by aircraft. Total military plutonium stockpile 340–560 kg.[186] They probably have way more now 18 years later though.
- bawolff 6mo ago> They probably have way more now 18 years later though. I wouldn't neccesarily think so. Nukes are really expensive to create and maintain, but once you have "enough" getting more doesn't really provide much additional benefit.