1960 Intelligence Report Said Israeli Nuclear Site Was for Weapons | National Security Archive
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Washington, D.C., December 17, 2024 - A recently declassified Joint Atomic Energy Intelligence Committee (JAEIC) report from December 1960 is the first and only known U.S. intelligence report to correctly and unequivocally state that Israel’s Dimona nuclear project would include a reprocessing plant for plutonium production and was weapons related. All known, subsequent U.S. intelligence products treated the reprocessing issue as unsettled until the late 1960s, when Israel reached the threshold of a nuclear weapons capability and the U.S.
  • peoplebeproblems@midwest.socialEnglish
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    6 days ago

    I believe the test was done off the East Coast of Africa. It was actually recorded on the nuclear detonation detection satellite. It may also have been a joint operation between South Africa and Israel.

  • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Wonder if we will get 100% confirmation on the Apollo Affair as well.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_affair

    Basically, in 1965 a bunch of fissile nuclear material went missing from a warehouse outaide of Pittsburgh, run by a company run by a Zionist.

    FBI, CIA started investigations, but those investigations were mysteriously ended abruptly when it was looking quite likely that the highly enriched uranium had been covertly shipped to Israel.

  • gibmiser@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Wonder if US’s unwillingness to stand up to Israel has anything to do with an actual stated nuclear threat from Israel. Like nuke the neighborhood if I don’t get my way.

  • ditty@lemm.eeEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Nice to finally officially confirm what we all already knew to be true!

    • Saleh@feddit.org
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      6 days ago

      Isnt the UN security council supposed to work towards peace and stability in the world and punish rogue states committing genocides?