Two Minutes Over Baghdad - Rilegato

Bar-Joseph, Uri; Handel, Michael; Perlmutter, Amos

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0714654221 ISBN 13: 9780714654225

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2003

Riassunto

A detailed account of the way Israel dealt with the Iraqi nuclear buildup between its launch in 1974 and the destruction of the Tamuz I reactor on 7 June 1981. This updated account includes formerly classified information and photographs taken during the mission and from US spy satellites.

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Contenuti:

Part 1: The Call to Arms and the Nuclear Race: Ben Gurion's Dilemma  1 . The Lion and the Lambs: The Birth of Israel's Nuclear Debate  2. Nasser's Nightmare, Sadat's Solution  3. The Quest for the Muslim Bomb: Libya, Syria, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan  4. A Bomb in the Basement: Dayan's Formula  5. Saddam Hussein and Project Tammuz  Part 2: The Decision is Made: The Writing on the Wall - Sabotage in France  6. The Writing on the Wall: Tearing the Thread  7. Final Warning: The Iranian Attack  8. The Trio Decide  Part 3: The Preparations for Operation Babylon: Operation Babylon - Options  9. Operation Babylon: A Second Entebbe?  10. Operation Babylon: Reconnaissance  11. Operation Babylon: The Eagle and the Fighting Falcon  12. Operation Babylon: The Approach Route  13. Operation Babylon: A Choice of Weapons  14. Operation Babylon: Countdown  15. Operation Babylon: Two Minutes over Osirak  Part 4: Judgement: The Jerusalem Statement  16. The Baghdad Statement  17. Dropping Bombs and Clangers: Israel after the Raid  18. The Propaganda War: Hussein Hits Back  19. A Delicate Balancing Act: The American Reaction  20. Israel's Verdict  21. The French Disconnection  22. The Arab World: Bridging the Nuclear Gap

Product Description:

On 7th June 1981 a group of F-16 fighter-bombers from the Israeli Air Force bombed the newly completed French-built Iraqi nuclear reactor at Tuwaitha, south-east of Baghdad. The F-16s dived in low and dropped 2000lb iron bombs and 900lb HE bombs on the main reactor building destroying the reactor, yet leaving only one casualty. Up above six F-15 fighters flew "top cover" while on the border of Iraq CH-53 Air Rescue helicopters were ready to retrieve any pilots who were shot down. The Iraqi air defences around the reactor were formidable with SA-6 (Gainful), SA-2 and SA-3 anti-aircraft missiles and ZSU-57-2 and ZSU-23-4 radar guided anti-aircraft guns and MIG-21 and MIG-23MF fighter interceptors based at a nearby airfield. What was more remarkable was that the Israeli strike team had to fly over several Arab countries to reach Iraq and fly within range of Saudi and US AWACs planes which were fully capable of spotting them hundreds of miles to the north. Fully updated with new, formerly classified information, this work includes new photographs taken during the mission and from US spy satellites showing the damage to the reactor. For the first time the names of the pilots are revealed, one of them was Israel's first astronaut who was sadly killed in the Space Shuttle crash in February 2003. Media opinion, which was very hostile back in 1982, has over time come round to the idea that this was correct and timely action by Israel.

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• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0714654221
• ISBN 13: 9780714654225
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 244