wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 12/4/2008
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Our guest blogger is Peter Juul , a research associate at the Center for American Progress Action Fund.
In a recent Brookings Institution report on Middle East strategy for the new administration, editors Richard Haass and Martin Indyk propose extending a nuclear guarantee to Israel in order ...
haaretz.com - 12/11/2008
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haaretz.com —
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's administration will offer Israel
a "nuclear umbrella" against the threat of a nuclear
attack by Iran, a well-placed American source said earlier this week. The source, who is close to the new administration, said ...
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Obama's atomic umbrella: U.S. nuclear strike ...
jpost.com - 12/4/2008
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jpost.com —
The IDF is drawing up options for a
strike on Iranian nuclear facilities that do not include
coordination with the United States, The Jerusalem Post has learned. While its preference is to coordinate with the US, defense officials have said Israel is ...
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IDF preparing options for Iran strike | Iran news | ...
campaignspot.nationalreview.com - 12/11/2008
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Does Israel Have a Secure Second Strike Capability?
Lawyers, Guns and Money —
Peter Juul makes the case: Israel’s nuclear deterrent is shrouded in secrecy, but it is estimated to have between 100 and 200 nuclear warheads. Like the United States, Israel’s nuclear delivery forces are structured to form a “triad” of air, land, and sea-based systems. Israel’s long-range F-15I and F-16I strike aircraft are believed to be nuclear capable, and have the range to reach targets in Iran without refueling. More central to Israel’s nuclear forces are its Jericho-series of ballistic missiles. Israel is estimated to have ...
Nuclear Guarantee for Israel?
Matthew Yglesias —
... that contains an awful lot of conventional wisdom, much of it even correct conventional wisdom. And also this bad idea explained by CAP’s Peter Juul at the Wonk Room: ...
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