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Unlike Iran, Israel is already a nuclear state, with a secretive programme that dates back to the 1950s

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[–] wildbus8979 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The Wikipedia article is kind of misleading. The Samson options isn't just MAD in that they plan to launch at their enemies. They plan to nuke other countries too. Like European countries that have nothing to do with the conflict. It's a blackmail scheme. (Source: Hersh, Seymour (1991), The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy)