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  • Israel could use tactical nukes on Iran: thinktank

    03/26/2010 10:53:59 PM PDT · by ErnstStavroBlofeld · 14 replies · 763+ views
    The Washington Post ^ | 3/27/2010 | Dan Williams
    Deeply concerned as it is by the risk of a nuclear-armed Iran, Israel has never even hinted at using atomic weapons to forestall the perceived threat. But now a respected Washington think tank has said that low-radioactive yield "tactical" nuclear warheads would be one way for the Israelis to destroy Iranian uranium enrichment plants in remote, dug-in fortifications. Despite the 65-year-old taboo against carrying out -- or, for that matter, mooting -- nuclear strikes, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) says in a new report that "some believe that nuclear weapons are the only weapons that can destroy...