[Poohbah]

There is no point in keeping a nuclear deterrent secret. It doesn't deter anybody if they don't know you have it. Having nukes but not saying so is the quickest way to an actual nuclear exchange, through miscalculation.

Israel has never officially stated that they have nuclear weapons.

But everyone knows that they do.

Taiwan doesn't have to formally announce that they have nukes.

But, given that they worked with the Israeli nuclear program for 20+ years, they really don't have to.

[JasonC]

You are wrong. People involved in the strategic planning do not think Taiwan has them, certainly not with any confidence. Israel has acknowledged it does, just not formally so as not to invoke IAEA inspections and what-not, and the French have even explained how they helped them get them. If Taiwan does and is just keeping it a secret, it is a dangerous miscalculation. Personally, I don't think they are that stupid and so don't believe they do.

[Quix]

I love it when your great wisdom is comforting to some of my own assumptions.