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Aerial refueling planes are among Israel's other military possessions, which are necessary to strike Iran's nuclear facilities, if desired.
Aerial refueling planes are among Israel’s other military possessions, which are necessary to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities, if desired.
Israel has roughly 80 nuclear warheads according to the 2013 edition of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s (SIPRI) annual global security review, Israel Hayom reported Monday.

The review clarified that 50 of the warheads are designed for medium-range ballistic missiles, while aircraft are intended to carry the other 30 warheads, the report added.

“Israel may also have produced non-strategic nuclear weapons, including artillery shells and atomic demolition munitions,” the Guardian reported Monday according to The Times of Israel.

Israel’s possession of these weapons is consistent with its policy; it has not signed the Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Israel Hayom noted.

Israel’s nuclear supply is comparatively small, according to the review. India and Pakistan each have 90-120 warheads; France, the United Kingdom, and China have hundreds; and Russian and the U.S. have thousands, Israel Hayom further reported. Interestingly, all five of the aforementioned countries have signed non-proliferation treaties, but continue to amplify their nuclear stockpiles, according to the SIPRI review, Israel Hayom also noted.

“All five legally recognized nuclear weapon states — China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States — are either deploying new nuclear weapon delivery systems or have announced programs to do so, and appear determined to retain their nuclear arsenals indefinitely,” SIPRI said in a press release, according to The Times of Israel.

The SIPRI review found there to be 17,265 nuclear weapons in the world—4,400 “operational,” according to Israel Hayom.

“Once again there was little to inspire hope that the nuclear weapon-possessing states are genuinely willing to give up their nuclear arsenals. The long-term modernization programs under way in these states suggest that nuclear weapons are still a marker of international status and power,” SIPRI researcher Shannon Kile concluded, according to The Times of Israel.

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