Thread: Israel has 150 nuclear weapons

Israel has 150 nuclear weapons: Former U.S. president

Israel has 150 nuclear weapons in its arsenal, according to former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. He made the statement while arguing that the U.S. should talk directly to Iran to persuade it to drop its nuclear ambitions.

Carter cited Israel's nuclear arsenal and those of the U.S., Russia, China, Britain and France as proof that Iran would find it almost impossible to develop weapons and the missiles to deliver them in secret.

Israel has never admitted having nuclear weapons, although the world assumes their existence. Nor do U.S. officials deviate in public from Israel's line.

Meantime, UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei is slated to release his latest report on Tehran's uranium enrichment activities. The report is expected to be put before the IAEA Board of Governors' members on Monday.

Originally Posted by Defensor

Israel has 150 nuclear weapons: Former U.S. president

What is the viable lifespan of a nuclear warhead?

Originally Posted by Djinn

What is the viable lifespan of a nuclear warhead?

Depending on the materials used to manufacture them and the quality of the build anywhere between 20-50 years. New Mexico salt mines are full of nuke warheads that are aged and no longer useable.

Originally Posted by deepthought

Depending on the materials used to manufacture them and the quality of the build anywhere between 20-50 years. New Mexico salt mines are full of nuke warheads that are aged and no longer useable.

"No longer usable." Well put. So of Israel's 150 nuclear weapons from the 1970s, how many are "no longer usable?"

Originally Posted by Djinn

What is the viable lifespan of a nuclear warhead?

Plutonium Lifespan in U.S. Weapons Much Longer Than Thought - washingtonpost.com

An independent panel of renowned scientists and academics known as the Jason group reviewed the studies by the Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore national laboratories and concluded that "most plutonium pit types have credible lifetimes of at least 100 years," according to the NNSA statement.

Originally Posted by Djinn

"No longer usable." Well put. So of Israel's 150 nuclear weapons from the 1970s, how many are "no longer usable?"

Carters comment about Israels nukes was contemporary. There is no reason
to believe he is talking about weapons they owned during his administration.

I believe that Carter knew exactly what he was doing. He pretends to be on the side of "no proliferation", however, his blabbling about Israels nuke arsenal isn't going to bring that about. That is exactly why carter blabbed, IMO. It wouldn't bother him to see Israel nuked "off the face of the earth".

Yes, because if anyone says something true that I don't like to talk about, they are liars and murderers.

Originally Posted by Migi e!

I believe that Carter knew exactly what he was doing. He pretends to be on the side of "no proliferation", however, his blabbling about Israels nuke arsenal isn't going to bring that about. That is exactly why carter blabbed, IMO. It wouldn't bother him to see Israel nuked "off the face of the earth".

He already created a fundamentalist Iran back in the day, and recently
helped put Chavez in as dictator.

I think the old fucktard needs to go home and STFU. Nobody elected him
president for life.

Originally Posted by bla bla

He already created a fundamentalist Iran back in the day, and recently
helped put Chavez in as dictator.

I think the old fucktard needs to go home and STFU. Nobody elected him
president for life.

He is dangerous, & I agree, he should STHU.