Documents unearthed by an American academic indicate Israel offered to sell nuclear weapons to South Africa in the 1970s.
Israel has never confirmed it has nuclear weapons despite a large amount of evidence that it has as many as 200 warheads. The documents provide the first proof Israel not only has enough nuclear weapons for its own defence but has enough to sell elsewhere.
Like India, Pakistan and North Korea, Israel is not a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
In the 1980s, Mordechai Vanunu, a former technician who worked at Israel's main nuclear facility, revealed the extent of the country's arsenal. More >>>
