Operation Opera (Iraqi nuclear reactor strike)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Operation_Opera_(Iraqi_nuclear_reactor_strike)
GPTKB entity
Statements (42)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Operation_Babylon
gptkbp:approvedBy gptkb:Government_of_India
gptkbp:casualties 1 French civilian killed
10 Iraqi soldiers killed
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Menachem_Begin
gptkb:Zeev_Raz
gptkbp:condemnedBy gptkb:United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_487
gptkbp:conductedBy gptkb:Israel
gptkbp:date 7 June 1981
gptkbp:distanceFlown over 1,000 km from Israel to Iraq
gptkbp:duration less than 2 minutes over target
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Operation_Wooden_Leg
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Operation Opera (Iraqi nuclear reactor strike)
gptkbp:impact delayed Iraqi nuclear program
gptkbp:influenced Operation Orchard (2007 Israeli strike on Syrian reactor)
gptkbp:internationalResponse condemnation by United Nations Security Council
gptkbp:location Osirak nuclear reactor, near Baghdad, Iraq
gptkbp:notified United States (after the operation)
gptkbp:operator preemptive strike
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Iraq
gptkb:Iraqi_Air_Force
gptkbp:pilot gptkb:Ilan_Ramon
gptkb:Hagai_Katz
gptkb:Yiftach_Spector
gptkb:Yisrael_Shafir
gptkb:Amir_Nachumi
gptkb:Amos_Yadlin
gptkb:Eytan_Stibbe
gptkb:Relik_Shafir
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Operation_Rooster_53
gptkbp:purpose prevent Iraq from developing nuclear weapons
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Arab–Israeli_conflict
Iraq's nuclear program
gptkbp:result gptkb:Destruction_of_Osirak_reactor
gptkbp:significance first airstrike against a nuclear reactor
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:Israeli_Air_Force
gptkbp:target gptkb:Osirak_nuclear_reactor
gptkbp:usedInAircraft gptkb:aircraft
F-15 Eagle
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tel_Nof_Airbase
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6