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brewcejener 5 hours ago

I wonder how much more uranium this is than say israel themselves have???

diath 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_and_nuclear_weapons#Sto...

> 2008 – 80 intact warheads, of which 50 are re-entry vehicles for delivery by ballistic missiles, and the rest bombs for delivery by aircraft. Total military plutonium stockpile 340–560 kg.[186]

They probably have way more now 18 years later though.

bawolff 5 hours ago | parent [-]

> They probably have way more now 18 years later though.

I wouldn't neccesarily think so. Nukes are really expensive to create and maintain, but once you have "enough" getting more doesn't really provide much additional benefit.

bawolff 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

From the IAEA perspective, Israel is not a party to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty so they are not bound by IAEA rules (and in exchange they do not get the benefits of being part of the treaty, which are substantial)

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markus_zhang 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Israel is definitely the darling during the Cold War.