What are the risks from Israel and Iran's nuclear capabilities?
Israel is widely believed to have nuclear arms, but has never admitted that.
So, what are the nuclear capabilities of both sides, and what are the risks from this conflict?
Presenter: Laura Kyle
Guests:
Dan Smith – Director at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Sahil Shah – Nuclear weapons policy analyst in London
Rebecca Johnson – Director at the Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy and former senior adviser to Dr Hans Blix, who was formerly the top UN weapons inspector in Iraq and an IAEA chief
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