Israeli officials dismissed reports that the country has upgraded its submarines to hold nuclear weapons. Israel’s former deputy defense minister, Ephraim Sneh, said the reports of nuclear-armed submarines, which first appeared in the Los Angeles Times, are “simply impossible.” An expert at Jane’s Naval Weapons Systems, a magazine that covers the defense industry, agreed.
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