Israeli and American officials have met several times to consider military action. However, the nuclear-tipped bunker-busters would be used only if a conventional attack was ruled out and if the United States declined to intervene, senior sources said. Several have been built beneath at least 70ft of concrete and rock. Israeli military commanders believe conventional strikes may no longer be enough to annihilate increasingly well-defended enrichment facilities. The plans, disclosed to The Sunday Times last week, have been prompted in part by the Israeli intelligence service Mossads assessment that Iran is on the verge of producing enough enriched uranium to make nuclear weapons within two years. ∺s soon as the green light is given, it will be one mission, one strike and the Iranian nuclear project will be demolished, said one of the sources. Mini-nukes would then immediately be fired into a plant at Natanz, exploding deep underground to reduce the risk of radioactive fallout. Under the plans, conventional laser-guided bombs would open tunnels into the targets. The Israeli weapons would each have a force equivalent to one-fifteenth of the Hiroshima bomb. The attack would be the first with nuclear weapons since 1945, when the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Two Israeli air force squadrons are training to blow up an Iranian facility using low-yield nuclear bunker-busters, according to several Israeli military sources. ISRAEL has drawn up secret plans to destroy Irans uranium enrichment facilities with tactical nuclear weapons. Uzi Mahnaimi, New York and Sarah Baxter, Washington Sunday Times: Israel has drawn up secret plans to destroy Irans uranium enrichment facilities with tactical nuclear weapons.
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