Israel's Secret Nuclear Projects

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How Israel Deceived the U.S. and Built the Bomb

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Iran ’s nuclear activities have been on the front pages for years although it remains unclear how close Tehran is to building its first bomb.

During the 1960s , Israel built the bomb in near-absolute secrecy—even deceiving the U.S. government about its activities and goals.

U.S. intelligence report may be the first or only to unequivocally found that Dimona project included from start the two technological components required for a weapons program.

The Eisenhower administration raised serious questions with the Israelis about the purposes of the project.

Israel committed itself to a full deception campaign to conceal the underground separation plant, authors say.

A State Department report from March 9, 1967 , provided explosive information about Israel ’s nuclear program.

Peter Bergen : The report suggested the existence of a full-blown deception operation at Dimona .

Israel devised a contingency plan to detonate a nuclear device as a demonstration of a new capability in the event of the most extreme scenario,” he says.

Bergen says Israel is a unique nuclear power, while all other nuclear powers have made status public.

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