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- Operation_Scorch_Sword abstract "Operation Scorch Sword (Persian:عملیات شمشیر سوزان) was a surprise IRIAF (Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force) airstrike carried out on 30 September 1980, that damaged an almost-complete nuclear reactor 17 km south-east of Baghdad, Iraq. Eight days into the Iran-Iraq War, Operation Scorch Sword commenced. At dawn on 30 September 1980, four Iranian F-4E Phantom jets refueled mid-air near the Iran-Iraq border. After crossing into Iraq, the fighters climbed to a higher altitude to be detectable by Iraqi radar. Moments later, two of the Phantoms peeled off, and dropped to a lower altitude again to avoid radar detection. They flew stealthily to Tuwaitha, a city ten miles (17 km) south-east of Baghdad, home to the Osirak/Osiraq nuclear reactor.This was the first attack on a nuclear reactor and only the third on a nuclear facility in history. It was also the first instance of a preventive attack on a nuclear reactor which aimed to forestall the development of a nuclear weapon. The attack itself caused only minor damage to the reactor and wasn't successful in impeding the Iraqi nuclear program. The reactor was finally destroyed about eight months later by Israeli Air Force's Operation Opera carried out on 7 June 1981.".
- Operation_Scorch_Sword thumbnail Abbas_Doran-F-4_Phantom_II.jpg?width=300.
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- Operation_Scorch_Sword caption "Iranian F-4 Phantom II".
- Operation_Scorch_Sword codeword "Ya Allah".
- Operation_Scorch_Sword executed "1980-09-30".
- Operation_Scorch_Sword executedBy "25".
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- Operation_Scorch_Sword location "Baghdad, Iraq".
- Operation_Scorch_Sword name "Operation Scorch Sword".
- Operation_Scorch_Sword objective "Destruction of the Osirak nuclear reactor".
- Operation_Scorch_Sword outcome "Reactor damaged, damage repaired by French technicians".
- Operation_Scorch_Sword partof Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War.
- Operation_Scorch_Sword plannedBy "Major General Javad Fakoori".
- Operation_Scorch_Sword scope "Strategic".
- Operation_Scorch_Sword subject Category:Battles_involving_Iran.
- Operation_Scorch_Sword subject Category:Battles_involving_Iraq.
- Operation_Scorch_Sword subject Category:Iranian_Air_Force.
- Operation_Scorch_Sword subject Category:Military_operations_of_the_Iran–Iraq_War.
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- Operation_Scorch_Sword comment "Operation Scorch Sword (Persian:عملیات شمشیر سوزان) was a surprise IRIAF (Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force) airstrike carried out on 30 September 1980, that damaged an almost-complete nuclear reactor 17 km south-east of Baghdad, Iraq. Eight days into the Iran-Iraq War, Operation Scorch Sword commenced. At dawn on 30 September 1980, four Iranian F-4E Phantom jets refueled mid-air near the Iran-Iraq border.".
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