The Samson Option (Hebrew: ברירת שמשון, romanized: b'rerat shimshon) is a deterrence strategy of massive retaliation with nuclear weapons as a "last resort" against any country whose military has invaded and/or destroyed much of Israel. The term was popularized by Seymour Hersh's 1991 book, The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy.
The Samson Option (Hebrew: ברירת שמשון, romanized: b'rerat shimshon) is a deterrence strategy of massive retaliation with nuclear weapons as a "last resort" against any country whose military has invaded and/or destroyed much of Israel. The term was popularized by Seymour Hersh's 1991 book, The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy.
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