U.S. Government Reveals Israel's Nuclear Program And Secrets

Dimona nuclear reactor circa 1960s. National Security Archive/Flash 90

Michael Karpin, Jewish Daily Forward: Revealing Israel's Nuclear Secrets

The Pentagon Declassifies a Surprising 1987 Report

In early February, the Pentagon declassified a 386-page report from 1987, exposing for the first time ever the actual depth of top-secret military cooperation between the United States and Israel — including, amazingly, information about Israel’s unacknowledged nuclear program.

In view of the caustic tension that has increased lately between Washington and Jerusalem, the timing of the publication’s declassification, after a long legal process, might raise a few eyebrows. I have some knowledge about the build-up process of Israel’s nuclear capacity and after reading the report in question I must express my astonishment: I have never seen an official American document disclosing such extensive revelation on subjects that until now were regarded by both administrations as unspeakable secrets.

WNU Editor: The world's media is focused on the Germanwings jet disaster and the war in Yemen .... but this news report on Israel's nuclear program is incredibly explosive, and unprecedented.

More News On The Pentagon Declassifying Israel's Nuclear Program

US Declassifies Document Revealing Israel's Nuclear Program -- Arutz Sheva
Obama administration releases top-secret doc revealing Israel's nuclear program -- Examiner
What the Pentagon Recently Did Regarding Israel Is So ‘Strange’ One Outlet Is Wondering If It’s ‘Revenge’ -- The Blaze

Update: This revelation will now all but guarantee a nuclear arms race in the Middle East.  If Israel has nukes .... why not us .... I can see that argument and position coming from Iran right now.

The Pentagon Confirms For The First Time That Israel Has Nuclear Weapons

Israel’s Negev Nuclear Research Center near Dimona. Red circle indicates plutonium separation facility for nuclear weapons production. Google Earth/Digital Globe photo. At top—Israeli air force photo

William Greidner, The Nation: It’s Official: The Pentagon Finally Admitted That Israel Has Nuclear Weapons, Too

While the Washington press corps obsessed over Hillary Clinton’s e-mails at the State Department, reporters were missing a far more important story about government secrets. After five decades of pretending otherwise, the Pentagon has reluctantly confirmed that Israel does indeed possess nuclear bombs, as well as awesome weapons technology similar to America’s.

Early last month the Department of Defense released a secret report done in 1987 by the Pentagon-funded Institute for Defense Analysis that essentially confirms the existence of Israel’s nukes. DOD was responding to a Freedom of Information lawsuit filed by Grant Smith, an investigative reporter and author who heads the Institute for Research: Middle East Policy. Smith said he thinks this is the first time the US government has ever provided official recognition of the long-standing reality.

WNU Editor: This is actually not the first admission from the Pentagon on Israel's nuclear stockpile. Robert Beckhusen at "War Is Boring" posted a good analysis last year .... When the Pentagon Feared Israel's Nukes.