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THINK TANK: CONSULTANT
Israel is widely believed to have nuclear weapons of its own
Maxar satellite imagery of the Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center in the Negev desert.
Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu has long claimed Iran is close to building a nuclear weapon.
But what he hasn't confirmed publicly is what is already widely believed to be an open secret – that Israel has nuclear weapons of its own, stretching back to the 1960s.
Most estimates put Israel's arsenal at about 90 nuclear warheads, according to the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, external.
The country is also not a signatory of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), an international agreement designed to stop the spread of nuclear weapons.
Analysts believe the country's nuclear program is centred on a nuclear facility in Dimona, a city in the Negev desert.
Israel has an official policy of ambiguity, and has always neither confirmed nor denied it has nuclear weapons of any kind.




