From what I’ve heard, their strategy has been to stall at being 6 months away from a bomb. They could’ve finished their program a while ago if they wanted to, North Korea did it with far less resources. They don’t do it because:
It puts them in the dangerous MAD nuclear game theory with Israel
It would make them into a pariah state like North Korea and close off any possibility of sanctions relief.
They still want to be somewhat ready though for situations like this where full scale war with Israel is inevitable so if they can survive the war for 6 months they can do a test, establish nuclear sovereignty and get Israel to back off.
From what I’ve heard, their strategy has been to stall at being 6 months away from a bomb. They could’ve finished their program a while ago if they wanted to, North Korea did it with far less resources. They don’t do it because:
They still want to be somewhat ready though for situations like this where full scale war with Israel is inevitable so if they can survive the war for 6 months they can do a test, establish nuclear sovereignty and get Israel to back off.
That’s a really interesting theory, I think it has a lot of merit.
Honestly though, they should probably just complete the project. i’d bet Israel’s whole attitude would shift once they actually had nukes.