1948: Israel began a commitment to its secret nuclear program for warheads and enriched uranium

NY TIMES background piece

nytimes.com/2025/06/17/world/middleeast/israel-nuclear-weapons.html

90 warheads

Israel is only one of five countries

not to sign the 55 yr. old nuclear 

non-proliferation treaty (its peers 

are India, Pakistan,

North Korea, Sudan).