Israel: Possible Military Strike Against Iran's Nuclear Facilities

Abstract

Several published reports indicate that top Israeli decisionmakers now are seriously considering whether to order a military strike on Iran s nuclear facilities, and if so, when. Twice in Israel s history, it has conducted air strikes aimed at halting or delaying what Israeli policymakers believed to be efforts to acquire nuclear weapons by a Middle Eastern state destroying Iraq s Osirak reactor in 1981 and a facility the Israelis identified as a reactor under construction in Syria in 2007. Today, Israeli officials generally view the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran as an unacceptable threat to Israeli security with some viewing it as an existential threat.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 27, 2012
Accession Number
ADA584564

Entities

People

  • Jeremiah Gertler
  • Jim Zanotti
  • Kenneth Katzman
  • Steven A. Hildreth

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Bunker Buster Bombs
  • Department Of State
  • Fissile Materials
  • International Law
  • Law
  • Military Science
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Materials
  • Nuclear Reactors
  • Personnel Management
  • Tanker Aircraft
  • Terrorists
  • Treaties
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security
  • Strategic Security Studies