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To: EQAndyBuzz

Didn’t the Israelis already do this once? Or was it Syria or Iraq?

Something about the pilots basically going on a kamikaze mission because of the inability to refuel.


8 posted on 01/01/2023 1:40:08 PM PST by qaz123
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To: qaz123
Operation מבצע אופר was a surprise airstrike conducted by the Israeli Air Force on 7 June 1981, which destroyed an unfinished Iraqi nuclear reactor located 17 km southeast of Baghdad, Iraq.

Something about the pilots basically going on a kamikaze mission because of the inability to refuel.

Kamikaze is not the proper term. The pilots are not going to fly their airplanes into their target.

I believe a "one-way" mission would be a more appropriate description.

The Israeli Air Force have tankers and could refuel over Jordan and Saudi Arabia, with or without permission.

The mission would be flown by F-35s.

13 posted on 01/01/2023 1:53:38 PM PST by FtrPilot
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To: qaz123

“ Didn’t the Israelis already do this once? Or was it Syria or Iraq?”

You mean Iraq in 81? Yeah, and 20 years later how many intelligence agencies said Iraq had nukes?


27 posted on 01/01/2023 3:35:12 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (At this point I would rather have the illegals here than the liberals.)
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