...For example, in a major policy address, then-Defense Minister Ariel Sharon stated in December 1981: "The third element in our defense policy for the 1980s...the nuclear weapon. For us it is not a question of a balance of terror but a question of survival. We shall therefore have to prevent such a threat at...

...not be permitted under any circumstances. In the words of then Israeli defense minister Ariel Sharon: "Israel cannot afford the introduction of the nuclear weapon. For us, it is not a question of a balance of terror but a question of survival. We shall therefore have to prevent such a threat at...