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.