it does not have to be a missile...
And they don’t have to have the ability to produce “in house”
Have they sourced something from the Norks? Bought a “lost” one from someplace?
Fishing boat in a major port? At the border with something in the back?
No need to think BIG and missile. Or even a massive explosion.
Does not take a lot of imagination that they use as sourced nuke, detonate and then anounce they are a nuke state.
“they don’t have to have the ability to produce”
They have produced many kilograms of highly enriched uranium.
“Fishing boat in a major port?”
I’m sure there are radiation sensors in Israeli waters and around key US cities and their airports.
“Fishing boat in a major port?”
Be aware that U-235 is very stable and radiation detectors probably wouldn’t detect it.