In 2007, the Indian press reported that India did not want to develop a full-range ICBM in order to avoid the risk that international sanctions on its ballistic programme would be tightened.

I don’t think India would be slapped with international sanctions if it did develop an ICBM; I doubt Europe and the US view India as a potential threat, in the same vein they did Libya/Iraq or still do for Iran and North Korea. If anything, I’m sure the US and some parts of Europe are quietly pleased and would encourage India to develop more sophisticated nuclear delivery systems, primarily as a bulwark against Chinese military expansion in Southeast Asia.

The fact is that, although India clearly has the means to develop an ICBM, it doesn’t really need to as it’s main potential threats come from Pakistan and China.

I think there have been threads on this topic before. While the Israeli’s may have the technical capability to launch strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, most likely through Syrian airspace considering the current instability there and precedents such as as 2007 Israeli strike on the Syrian reactor, it’s unlikely the Israeli’s would be able to completely eliminate the Iranian nuclear programme.

The Israeli’s simply don’t have the weight for a sustained, prolonged air campaign. The only hope for Israel is if the Iranians launch a massive retaliation using missiles, drawing in the US.