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Israeli Options for Direct Attacks on Iranian Nuclear Sites


US Air Force, Boeing B-52H Stratofortress, Photographer: Anna Zvereva (Licence: Wikimedia Commons)


The Israeli government sees Iran’s nuclear programme as an existential threat. The Biden administration is attempting to re-open negotiations, but if these fail and Iran tries to produce a nuclear weapon then Israel might attempt to bomb Iranian nuclear sites. US supplies of new bombs and the B-52 bomber would be critical to any prospects of success.

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