---
category: Foreign Government
location: Haifa, Israel
start: 1948
summary: Rafael is Israel's top-secret defense research and manufacturing agency responsible
  for the country's most sensitive weaponry, including the final stage of nuclear
  warhead production at a facility north of Haifa.
tags:
- Organization
- Government
- Israel
---

Rafael is a top-secret Israeli research and manufacturing agency responsible for [Israel](/places/israel/)'s most sensitive weaponry. The final stage of warhead production for [Israel](/places/israel/)'s nuclear arsenal takes place at a defense plant north of Haifa operated by Rafael.[^1]

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