The Israeli “Nuclear Reactor Strike” and Syrian Weapons of Mass Destruction
Source: Center for Strategic & International Studies

The circumstances surrounding an Israeli strike on what may have been a Syrian nuclear reactor are still unclear. It is not yet certain that Syria was building a reactor, and if it were, what capacity it would have for producing fissile material, when it might have produced enough material for a weapon, and how Syria planned to deploy any nuclear capability it developed. Major questions remain about the level of North Korean support Syria did or did not receive, and about the level of Syrian-Iranian cooperation if any.

The attached analsyis shows, however, that several things that are clear about Syria’s position, and puts any Syrian nuclear efforts in context.

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