Operation Opera

When

7 Jun 1981

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

33.20° N, 44.52° E

Description

Israeli air strike carried out on 7 June 1981, which destroyed an Iraqi nuclear reactor Osirak

1981 Israeli airstrike on an Iraqi nuclear reactor

Operation Opera, also known as Operation Babylon, was a surprise airstrike conducted by the Israeli Air Force on 7 June 1981, which destroyed an unfinished Iraqi nuclear reactor located 17 kilometres southeast of Baghdad, Iraq.

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• Wikidata: military operations, raids and air strikesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Operation Opera: The Israeli Air Force destroys Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor, killing ten Iraqi troops and a French technician”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “İsrail Hava Kuvvetleri Irak'taki inşaat halinde olan Osirak nükleer reaktörüne saldırı düzenledi (Opera Operasyonu)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “opération Opéra”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Israel lleva a cabo un ataque aéreo por sorpresa, denominado Operación Ópera, consistente en la destrucción del reactor nuclear Osirak, situado cerca de…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “イスラエルがイラク・フセイン政権下で建設が進められていた原子炉を爆撃（イラク原子炉爆撃事件）。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page