08 January 2006
The British newspaper "Sunday Times" has reported that Israeli pilots have been training to strike targets in Iran with low-yield nuclear weapons. Citing unidentified Israeli military sources, the paper said the proposals drawn up in Israel involved using so-called "bunker-buster" nuclear weapons to attack nuclear facilities at three sites south of the Iranian capital Tehran. The paper reported that Israeli military officials believed Iran could produce enough enriched uranium to build nuclear weapons within two years, and said Israeli pilots had made flights to the British colony of Gibraltar to train for the 3,200-kilometer round trip to the Iranian targets. Israeli authorities swiftly denied the report. Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev said, "The focus of the Israeli activity today is to give full support to diplomatic actions and the expeditious and full implementation of Security Council resolution 1737. If diplomacy succeeds, the problem can be solved peaceably."
