Two Minutes Over Baghdad

ISBN-13: 9780714683478 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 183 str.

Amos Perlmutter; Uri Bar-Joseph; Michael I. Handel

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Uri Bar-Joseph, Michael Handel, Amos Perlmutter