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Origins of nuclear weapons development
From 1959 to 1962 David Ben-Gurion tried to persuade United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower and then President John F. Kennedy to make Hawk anti-aircraft missiles available to Israel. It wasn't until President Kennedy learned that Egypt would be receiving missiles and a large number of jet bombers from the Soviet Union did he allow the sales of Hawk missiles to Israel. However, this did not establish a balance of power and soon Israel would be seeking a new method of deterrence.