Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims Iran will not pursue nuclear weapons following U.S. and Israeli strikes, stating Tehran is afraid after feeling "the might of America and Israel."

The visit marked a rare moment of overt praise from the Israeli leader, who thanked the United States for standing "shoulder to shoulder" with Israel in what he called a show of decisive strength aimed at preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

How difficult is it in 2025 - 80 years after the Manhattan Project - for a nation to build a nuclear weapon? To find out, McClatchy News spoke with six nuclear proliferation experts. They described the process of constructing an atomic weapon as a complex operation that requires three major stages - some of which are substantially more challenging than others.