Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Did Ukraine Sell 'Nuclear Suitcase Bombs' To Iran Ten Years Ago?

U.S. officials examine a M-388 Davy Crockett nuclear weapon. It used the smallest nuclear warhead ever developed by the United States. Wikipedia

Netanyahu: “Iran Will Next Hide Nuclear Suitcases.” DEBKAfile: Bought 10 Years Ago From Ukraine -- Debka

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu warned Monday, March 10, that because the world chooses to slide over Iran’s concealed nuclear program, the next Klos C ship may not carry missiles but “nuclear suitcases.” They would not only reach an Israeli port, he said, but any port in the world.

He spoke at Israel’s naval base in Eilat at the presentation of the 60 missiles, 181 mortar shells and hundreds of bullets unloaded from the Klos C that was apprehended by Israeli commandos on the Red Sea opposite Sudan last week. Present too were defense minister Moshe Ya’alan, chief of staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz and top generals.

Netanyahu did not elaborate on his reference to nuclear suitcases. debkafile’s military and intelligence sources link it to a shipment of 6-10 “nuclear suitcases” that were part of an illegal Ukraine delivery to Iran in 2003 or 2004 of half a dozen nuclear-capable X-55 cruise missiles (NATO codenamed AS-15) whose 2000-km range covers every part of Israel.

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My Comment: I am always skeptical of Debka's reports .... but they have connections to the Israeli intelligence community that has surprised me in the past. But Ukraine selling nuclear suitcase bombs to Iran .... now that is a bit of a stretch.

1 comment:

James said...

Debka has been spectacularly right and just as wrong. You can't afford to ignore the possibility of the former or make a living on the latter.