Certainly does. But Iran knows that Israel has a nuclear response ready, if Iran strikes first with a nuke. Israel has not only land-based nukes pointed at Iran, but also nuke-equipped submarines. Unknown, is how many nukes Israel has, potentially anywhere from 80 to a couple hundred, and where the nukes are deployed. Iran is crazy enough to trigger a nuclear war.
Yes, and that makes this so dangerous when dealing with Muslim terrorists and Muslim countries. They are willing to die for their 72 virgins and apparently see destruction of Israel and Jewish people as some Koranic prophecy. It’s Allah’s will and all that, to such fanatical barbarians.
there’s no evidence that Iran is ready to test a nuke, much less deploy one that is battle-ready and reliable ... that takes time to develop
can you imagine if they rush to drop their nuke and it doesn’t work?
suddenly Israel knows everything about Iran’s secret weapons program ...
Actually, my point was more towards Iran using the war as a pretext to test a nuclear weapon design, not unlike North Korea did, which would account for an “earthquake”, and would announce to the world that Iran is now a nuclear power.
Currently, if Iran is insane enough to attack Israel in any way, all bets are off on what comes next.