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>This is, so far as I know, the first time anyone has carried out a military attack on a nuclear plant The Israelis bombed an Iraqi plant in the 80s I think.
by _dain_ 5y ago
>This is, so far as I know, the first time anyone has carried out a military attack on a nuclear plant
The Israelis bombed an Iraqi plant in the 80s I think.
- nickff 5y agoYou're talking about Operation Opera, which was an attack on the unfinished Osirak reactor in Iraq. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Opera https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Opera
- throwanem 5y agoStill a fair callout. Edited my original comment to clarify.
- michaelmrose 5y agoThe bombed an unfinished plant that they believed would have been critical in paving the way for a belligerent dictator to obtain nuclear weapons courtesy of short sighted idiots in Europe. Both the Iranians and the Israelis actually bombed the site one different operations in different years. Thereafter Saddam is now known to have said. "Once Iraq walks out victorious [over Iran], there will not be any Israel" It was both justified and didn't represent the risk that attacking this reactor represents.