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tags:
  - Organization
  - Government
  - Israel
category: "Foreign Government"
summary: "Rafael is a top-secret Israeli research and manufacturing agency responsible for Israel's most sensitive weaponry. The final stage of warhead production for Israel's nuclear arsenal takes place at a defense plant north of Haifa operated by Rafael."
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Rafael is a top-secret Israeli research and manufacturing agency responsible for [[Israel]]'s most sensitive weaponry. The final stage of warhead production for [[Israel]]'s nuclear arsenal takes place at a defense plant north of [[Haifa]] operated by Rafael.[^1]

### Footnotes

[^1]: Hersh, Seymour M. *The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy*. Random House, 1991. Chapter 15.