Israel intercepts plane overflying nuclear reactor

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The Israeli air force scrambled fighter jets on Tuesday after a light aircraft flew into restricted air space over its nuclear reactor in the southern Negev desert, the military said.

The warplanes intercepted the aircraft and forced it to land at a nearby airstrip, where the two pilots were handed over to civilian authorities for investigation, an army spokeswoman said.

Police had no immediate comment but Israeli media reported that the two men, from central Israel, claimed to have lost their way.

Aircraft are forbidden from flying over the reactor near the desert town of Dimona.

Israel says the reactor is for research purposes, but defence analysts say it is the centre of Israel's undeclared nuclear weapons programme.

They say Dimona has been used to produce up to 200 nuclear warheads.

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[Pauldamo Profile]

'undeclared nuclear weapons program',i really can't see how the world doesn't declare sanctions on a country that doesn't declare their nuclear weapons program to the world.You'd think America would threaten it with sanctions and if that doesn't work, bomb the shit of them,like it usually does to countries that do not comply.

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'undeclared nuclear weapons program',i really can't see how the world doesn't declare sanctions on a country that doesn't declare their nuclear weapons program to the world.You'd think America would threaten it with sanctions and if that doesn't work, bomb the shit of them,like it usually does to countries that do not comply.

my guess is that whoever needs to know about it ,does know about it .
Israel atom program didn't materialized from vacuum , U.S and France and probably
some other countries helped Israel all the way with this .
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Israel has been a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) since the Agency was established in 1957.
Israel is represented at the IAEA by an Ambassador.
Israel takes part at the IAEA's annual meetings of the General Conference held in Vienna, Austria. The Israeli delegation is headed by the Director-General of the IAEC.
The research reactor at the SNRC operates under IAEA Safeguards. In addition, Israel is a party to several treaties in the nuclear field under the auspices of the IAEA.

Israel and the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, Preparatory Commission (CTBTO)
* Israel signed the treaty in September of 1996, but has yet to ratify it.
* Israel was an active partner in the formulation of the treaty, and continues to actively participate in the establishment af the treaty's verification regime.
* IAEC personnel represent the State of Israel in the CTBTO's institutions, working groups and activities.
* As part of the global verification regime, two seismic stations were built. In addition, a National Data Center and radio nuclide analytical laboratory were built at the Soreq NRC.

source : http://www.iaec.gov.il/pages_e/english.asp