Vela 1979 event was Israel's treaty-violating nuclear weapons test

[SiempreViernes]

https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/09/22/blast-from-the-past-vela-satellite-israel-nuclear-double-flash-1979-ptbt-south-atlantic-south-africa/

[altmind]

Submitted 2 days ago. Linked wikipedia article gives more doubt on what happened and who was responsible

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21039013

[SiempreViernes → altmind]

No, this article is not the wikipedia article: it is a in-depth report that summarizes, among other things, recent open source analysis of previously classified data.

It leaves no real space for reasonable doubt as to the nature of event.

[astrodust]

"even" -> "event".

[tlb → astrodust]

Fixed, thanks.

[happytoexplain]

I had a hard time parsing the title. I suggest "treaty-violating".

[tlb → happytoexplain]

Edited, thanks.

[maayank]

EDIT: I was wrong. As a reply to this comment mentions, the article mentions another treaty that Israel ratified in 1964.

Original: Flagged for editorialized (and wrong at that) title. Israel never signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty, as mentioned in the article linked.

[tlb → maayank]

The article mentions that it violated the 1963 Partial Test Ban Treaty, which Israel had signed.

[maayank → tlb]

Seems like you're correct. I unflagged.