world doesnt know pak has nukes until they test it in 1998.when did israel test its nukes.
Did Israel Play a Role in 1979 South Africa Nuclear Test?
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Nearly 30 years later there still is no certainty that a flash detected by the sensors of an American satellite indeed signaled a nuclear test that, according to foreign publications,
involved Israel.
It is believed that the
Jericho III is a nuclear armed
ICBM which entered service in 2011.
The Jericho III is believed to have a three-stage solid propellant and a payload of 1,000 to 1,300 kg. It is possible for the missile to be equipped with a single 750 kg nuclear warhead or two or three low yield MIRV warheads. It has an estimated launch weight of 30,000 kg and a length of 15.5 m with a width of 1.56 m. It may be similar to an upgraded and re-designed
Shavit space launch vehicle, produced by
Israel Aerospace Industries. It probably has longer first and second-stage motors. It is estimated by missilethreat.com that it has a range of 4,800 to 6,500 km (2,982 to 4,038 miles),
[22] though a 2004 missile proliferation survey by the Congressional Research Service put its possible
maximum range at 11,500 km.
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According to an official report which was submitted to the American congress in 2004,
it may be that with a payload of 1,000 kg the Jericho III gives Israel nuclear strike capabilities within the entire Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia and almost all parts of North America, as well as large parts of South America and North Oceania. Missile Threat reports: "The range of the Jericho 3 also provides an extremely high impact speed for nearby targets, enabling it to avoid any Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) defenses that may develop in the immediate region."[22] On 17 January 2008 Israel test fired a multi-stage ballistic missile believed to be of the Jericho III type, reportedly capable of carrying "conventional or non conventional warheads."
[24] On 2 November 2011, Israel successfully test fired a missile believed to be an
upgraded version of the Jericho III at
Palmachim; the long trail of smoke was seen throughout central Israel.
[25] Israel's intercontinental ballistic missile launchers are believed to be buried so far underground that they would survive a nuclear attack.[26][27]
After a further test in 2013 Alon Ben David published this opinion in an article in Aviation Week on the missile's range and throw weight "Reportedly, Israel's Jericho III intermediate-range ballistic missile is capable of carrying a 1,000-kg (2,204-lb.) warhead more than 5,000 km."
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