Operation Outside the Box - Wikipedia
WEBA 2007 Israeli airstrike on a suspected Syrian nuclear reactor in Deir ez-Zor, confirmed by the IAEA in 2011. The attack was based on intelligence from Mossad, U.S., and North Korea, and involved electronic warfare and special forces.
Syria Nuclear Overview - The Nuclear Threat Initiative
WEBApr 23, 2018 · Syria is a non-nuclear weapon state that has harbored nuclear ambitions since the 1970s. It possesses only one small research reactor, the SRR-1, and has been accused of pursuing a secret plutonium production reactor with North Korean assistance.
Three minutes over Syria: How Israel destroyed Assad’s nuclear reactor
WEBMar 21, 2018 · After more than a decade of stubborn silence, Israel has finally acknowledged that its Air Force destroyed the Syrian nuclear reactor, on the night between September 5 and 6, 2007. Built by North...
Syria and weapons of mass destruction - Wikipedia
WEBSyria sought to develop nuclear weapons with help from North Korea, but its plutonium production reactor was destroyed by the Israeli Air Force in 2007 (see Operation Orchard). [6]
Israel admits striking suspected Syrian nuclear reactor in 2007 - BBC
WEBMar 21, 2018 · Israel has for the first time confirmed that it destroyed a suspected nuclear reactor being built in Syria in 2007. The military said fighter jets bombed the al-Kibar facility in Deir al-Zour...
Al-Kibar (Nuclear) - The Nuclear Threat Initiative
WEBOn 6 September 2007, Israeli warplanes destroyed a building near the Euphrates River in northeastern Syria. The structure is alleged to have been a gas-cooled graphite-moderated nuclear reactor under construction, capable of producing enough plutonium for one or two weapons per year. 1 Syria has consistently denied these allegations.
Red Teaming Nuclear Intelligence: The Suspected Syrian Reactor
WEBMar 1, 2016 · The evidence strongly suggested that the building was a nuclear reactor, remarkably similar to the gas-cooled, graphite-moderated reactor in Yongbyon, North Korea.
Israel’s 2007 Strike on Syrian Nuclear Reactor: Lessons Learned …
WEBApr 25, 2018 · A former Israeli defense official recounts the intelligence, decision-making and strategic aspects of the operation that destroyed a Syrian reactor built with North Korean help. He argues that the Begin Doctrine of preventing nuclear threats in the region remains valid and relevant for Iran.
Inside Israel’s secret raid on Syria’s nuclear reactor
WEBMar 21, 2018 · Just ask Israel — which, despite having one of the world’s most competent and aggressive intelligence services, the Mossad — nearly missed the fact that North Korea was helping build a nuclear reactor in next-door Syria, a country long viewed by Israel as a dangerous threat.
UN nuclear watchdog to restart talks with Syria - The National
WEBMar 4, 2024 · Syria is poised to come in from the cold at the UN ’s nuclear watchdog, with the agency’s boss travelling to Damascus this month. Rafael Grossi revealed he was invited by Syria’s government in order to “re-establish a meaningful, constructive dialogue”.
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