Comment by ben_w

Thanks for the specifics.

> which I would think israel would certainly not have the budget for given the size of its economy.

Hmm.

I'll buy that. I've seen a lot of wildly different cost estimates for separation work units, so I can only guess how much it might have cost at the time.

If it would have otherwise been the full Manhattan Project, I don't even need to guess, you're definitely correct they couldn't have afforded it: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=gdp+israel+1965