Is Israel quietly expanding its nuclear arsenal? Satellite images raise suspicion.

Is Israel quietly expanding its nuclear arsenal? Satellite images raise suspicion.

Given the secrecy of Israel’s programme, it remains difficult to estimate just how many nuclear weapons it possesses. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists in 2022 put the number at around 90 warheads. Israel is among nine countries confirmed or believed to have atomic weapons and among just four that have never joined the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. Construction work has intensified on a major new structure at a facility linked to Israel’s lon…