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Israel, 2000
The existence of Israel's nuclear program is officially denied by
the Israeli government for fear of mandatory U.S. trade and
diplomatic sanctions that would be imposed if proof of the program
were to become public. Israel has not signed the nuclear
nonproliferation treaty, and the U.S. officially turns a blind eye
to Israel's weapons-of-mass-destruction (WMD) program. The release
of this IKONOS image of the Israeli nuclear reactor at Dimona caused
some embarrassment for both Israel and the U.S. The reactor is in
the lower left of this image.
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