auditor0007
Gold Member
Considering they dont have to worry about what the major superpowers have (including China and Russia) some old relics are probably good enough.
Besides, thier planned use would be as a final retaliation if WMD's managed to wipe out a significant portion of Israel's population.
I'm inclined to agree. I'm no friend of Israel, but as far as I'm aware they've never threatened to use them. And even I can see that if Iran developed a nuclear warhead and viable delivery system they'd slam the threat of its use on the discussion table like a gunslinger would with his six-gun whenever they don't get their way.
The issue with Iran or any of the other Middle East countries getting a bomb is and will continue to be the strategic vulnerability of the dense Israeli population compared to its neighbors. 3-4 nukes in the right places in Israel would lead to at least a decimation (in the classical sense) of the population, while the same response to the arab countries would be damaging, but not fatal. THIS is the logic that scares the crap out of Israel, the thought that one of thier enemies could think that they could out-survive a retaliatory strike.
And this is what scares everyone. Should a country like Iran strike Israel with a nuclear attack that pretty much wipes Israel out, I think we all could envision Israel retaliating with their full arsenal, which I believe to be 300 to 400 nuclear warheads. This the the Armageddon that we should all fear.