“Israel could have up to 200 nuclear warheads,” Scott Ritter, former US Marine Corps intelligence officer, tells Sputnik.

“However, the Israelis would be hesitant to put a nuclear weapon on an air-delivered system given the possibility of the loss of that system, therefore a loss of a nuclear weapon,” he concludes.

💬 "Pakistan is not expected to get involved in any Saudi adventure outside its territorial boundaries. That is, Pakistan will not fight for Saudi Arabia in the territory of any other Muslim country," Dr. Hasan Askari Rizvi, an independent defense analyst, told Sputnik.

"[Israel's possession of nukes while Iran is being attacked over suspected ones] shows the influence that Israel has not only on the US, but the international community through Europe, the control that Israel has over the IAEA, and the fact that nobody wants to stand up to Israel and their hypocrisy," the ex-intel officer tells Sputnik.

"The only way to end this war — ignited by the Zionist regime and US — is recognizing Iran's legitimate rights, payment of reparations, and firm int'l guarantees against future aggression," he wrote on X.

"What we are looking at [is] a constellation of actors that share strategic interests and a broad political horizon," Trombetta explains, "but each one of these actors operate with a significant degree of autonomy."

"Israel almost certainly maintains multiple redundant communication and common infrastructures," Trombetta says.

"But how efficiently [do] they function under the stress?"

"The challenge is less about immediate military defeat and more about maintaining strategic coherence under sustained pressure from several fronts," Trombetta says.

"We should assess these scenarios in a continuous way in order to understand how Israel can adapt to the threats from outside," Trombetta notes.

"Thank you, Steve, Jared, and Josh, for a productive meeting," RDIF head Kirill Dmitriev wrote on X.