Military Balance and Nuclear Weapons in the Middle East (Iran and Israel)

Abstract

The vast majority of countries in the Middle East are quite well armed. This region is constantly characterized by controversy and conflicts both within the state and in the surrounding countries of the region. These conflicts often last fairly long time. Therefore, the countries of the region naturally spend great amount of financial resources on their armaments. They mainly purchase various types of weapons from Western countries and the USA. Out of these countries, Iran and Israel are of an interest particularly. The first of these has a nuclear program, which is why it’s been a while it is facing the problems both in the region and outside. Due to its nuclear program this country had been imposed with the sanctions for decades already. Despite these sanctions, the country continues to work on its nuclear program, which started back in the 1970s. As for Israel, it is the only country in the region that has nuclear weapons and owns one of the best weapons and defenses among the countries in the region. There are frequent confrontations between Iran with a nuclear program and Israel with a nuclear weapon, which has not been concluded into the war until now.