@Nullo, one that is developed outside of international treaties.
And you, like many commentators, are mischaracterizing Ahmadinejad’s statements about “destroying Israel.” Not that it even matters what Ahmadinejad says because Iran’s foreign policy is controlled by the Ayatollah.
But let’s think this through. Do you actually believe that Iran would use a nuclear weapon to destroy Israel? Why or why not? What do you think would happen to Iran if they launched a nuclear weapon at Israel? For example, do you think that Iran is ignorant of the fact that Israel (not to mention its allies) has nuclear armed submarines that are designed explicitly to launch a second strike? Or do you believe that the Iranian leadership does know this and are simply suicidal?
And we haven’t even address what “destroying Israel” in a military strike would entail in terms of civilian casualties from Iran’s perspective. Muslim Arabs constitute almost 50% of the population in Israel and its occupied territories. Do you believe that the Iranian leadership is willing to mass-murder literally millions of fellow Muslims?
@knowsharry, actually, no, they don’t. Israel is ~260 miles long and ranges from ~10 to ~70 miles wide. You could not come close to “leveling” this area with conventional weapons. In fact you couldn’t come close to leveling this area with a large (1-megaton) nuclear weapon. The lethal blast radius of a 1-megaton nuke is about 6 miles. Thermal radiation and fallout would be more widespread depending on atmospheric conditions. That’s nowhere close to Israel’s total area. It would destroy a city in Israel but would not come close to destroying the whole country.
And that’s for a 1-megaton bomb! Iran is nowhere close to having that powerful of a nuclear weapon. As a point of comparison, North Korea’s and Pakistan’s nuke tests were only a few kilotons.