Does Israel have its Nuclear weapons pointed at major European cities?

Answer 1

This is a controversial issue since Israel does not admit or deny nuclear capability. As a result, the views in any direction are guesses and hypotheses. This answer has been organized for clarity into two parts depending on whether they hold that "Yes" Israel does have its weapons pointed at major European cities or "No". There is also a third section for those who deny the existence or possibility of nuclear missiles. The order is used solely for organization and does not indicate which answer is empirically correct.

Part 1: Yes, Europe is Targeted

Answer 1

It is believed that Israel has nuclear warheads pointed not only to European cities but also to Middle East cities. They have targeted everything that could threat Israel. Israel is widely believed to possess weapons of mass destruction, and to be one of four nuclear-armed countries not recognized as a Nuclear Weapons State by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The US Congress Office of Technology Assessment has recorded Israel as a country generally reported as having undeclared chemical warfare capabilities, and an offensive biological warfare program. Officially Israel neither confirms nor denies possessing nuclear weapons.

It is believed that Israel had possessed an operational nuclear weapons capability by 1967, with the mass production of nuclear warheads occurring immediately after the Six-Day War. Although no official statistics exist, it has been estimated that Israel possesses from 75 to as many as 400 nuclear weapons, which are reported to include thermonuclear weapons in the megaton range. Israel is also reported to possess a wide range of different systems, including neutron bombs, tactical nuclear weapons, and suitcase nukes.

Israel has also the air, surface, and marine nuclear delivery systems. Delivery mechanisms include Jericho intercontinental ballistic missiles, with a range of 11,500 km, and which are believed to provide a second-strike option. Israel's nuclear-capable ballistic missiles are believed to be buried so far underground that they would survive a nuclear attack.

Concerning Part 3's Nuclear Denialism: (1) All information in this answer is from Western information sources without any interference. (2) The economic status is never a factor when the country wants to be nuclear weapon state. Examples are North Korea and Pakistan and formerly South Africa.

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Part 2: No, Europe is Not Targeted

Answer 1

The Israeli government has never confirmed any information about nuclear weapons in their country. There are no credible sources that identify European targets, and any confirmation was made out of assumptions. It is widely accepted that Israel does have nuclear weapons (believed to be the sixth country to have developed them). IF one were to suppose they had missiles trained on a destination, it would certainly be in the Middle East . Attacking Europe is highly unlikely.

Answer 2

It should be observed or noted here that Nuclear weapons are not "pointed" although the media loves to use this term as it occasionally delves into propaganda. These weapons have programmed flight paths for as great a number of possible targets as are deemed plausible. In the event of war, and their activation, a flight plan is selected and, after the proper protocols, they are launched at their target. So really, a missile can be simultaneously pointed at hundreds of cities or strategic points. It's simply a matter of which target is eventually selected depending on the conflict that the country is involved in.

Also, to respond to the person with a misunderstanding of nuclear physics, in Part 3 fission reactions are indeed hard to begin or stop in a controlled manner, however, if you have no interest in controlling the reaction, such as in a bomb, the critical concentration can easily be achieved with compression caused by a chemical explosive. Most people agree we have a fairly complete understanding of how to blow things up whenever we please using those. In regards to the use of fusion in a weapon, the development of fusion bombs came later. In these cases, the fission reaction started via critical compression of the initial fissioning mass releases a burst of energy which begins a hydrogen-tritium fusion process, which releases additional neutrons to feed the fission process. The entire process once started takes only microseconds, and is known as a Fission-Fusion-Fission detonation, and is to the first fission bombs what they were to chemical explosives - as much as a thousand times greater in energy output.

Answer 3

There is no evidence that any European cities are targeted by the Israeli nuclear missile sites. What would be the point? Besides, weapons such as this aren't "pointed". They're given target coordinates via an upload, either by cable or a secure wireless connection. If Israel actually deployed a weapon, it would almost certainly be delivered by plane, not a missile, for a variety of reasons.

Answer 4

While I agree with every other claim put forward by Part 1: Answer 1 above, I do not agree with the claim that Israel has aimed nuclear weapons at European cities. Israel has had a strong alliance with a number of European countries for centuries and it would seem counterintuitive to jeopardize that.

Part 3: Nuclear Missile Denialism

Answer 1

The information in Part 1: Answer 1 above is economic nonsense. Israel simply cannot afford to develop nor retain stocks of nuclear weapons as above. Israel's leaders are sane unlike the madmen running places like North Korea. Nuclear weapons as described there do not work and have never been demonstrated. They are so worthless that Ukraine happily gave them up in exchange for cheap gas from Russia that she could then re-export for profit - a much more lucrative business than storing useless weapons. The only aggressive nuclear devices used were those over Japan in WWII. They were effectively mechanisms set up in airborne scientific laboratories flying over the cities they bombed, delivering complex devices with pre-set timing. Such things cannot be replicated in missiles and bombs etc. The stuff above demonstrates the writer has little understanding of chemistry and physics and he/she lacks the grace to let other answers stand and allow the reader to make up his or her mind. The stuff above is propaganda designed to stir up the Antichrist's (666) allies in preparation for the Campaign of Armageddon. Israel has no intention to use such awful aggressive weapons. She only has weapons to defend herself because that is all she can afford. Most Israelis work 50-60 hour weeks because the economy is under so much pressure to feed and hospitalise 11 million Jews and Arabs.

Answer 2

Maybe