A Brief History of: Operation Opera (Osiraq reactor)

Ever since the invention of flight many daring raids have taken place from the doolittle raid to operation black buck. Today however we are going to look the daring and controversial Israeli 1981 raid on the Osirak nuclear reactor in Iraq.
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[@toledo152]

When the Russians will not sell you a reactor, you might be shady.

[@planescaped]

And yet the French did? O_o I'd say wtf... but France has always kinda been that weird kid on the playground.

[@imadequate3376]

@@planescaped 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

Or simply not shady enough.

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

@@planescaped France is one of the handful of countries that actively experimented with nuclear and thermonuclear weapons, above and later under ground, as they also had a few islands in the middle of the ocean (Like the US and UK).

[@GodlikeIridium]

Russia and France sell to anyone for cash as long as they don't oppely threaten to attack them... Extremely irresponsible... Like selling guns to children...

[@Gallalad1]

Imagine being the Jordanian king seeing the planes fly past "Hey look it's our..... Fuck"

[@GodlikeIridium]

😂🤣

[@princeofcupspoc9073]

More like "Nothing to do with us. More coffee?"

[@mbrsart]

Kind of a scary thought: This strike spooked the Soviets. They wanted to be sure that the coolant pumps on their RBMK reactors would be able to run if, say, the Americans decided to pull a similar stunt, and the facilities lost power. So they created a system that would run the coolant pumps off of the steam turbine inertia in the event of a power loss, keeping the reactor cool until the backup Diesel generators could kick in. After several unsuccessful tests, they tried to test this safety system again on 25 April 1986 at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. The rest is history.

[@GoobersGaming]

Michael Bradley-Robbins To be fair, the system worked exactly as it should have in Chernobyl, but the supervisor on duty that night wanted to push the system way past what it could handle in power production, ultimately resulting in the movement of control rods out of their slots which allowed unlimited nuclear fission to occur. The system itself worked, it was human negligence and ego that lead to that disaster.

[@mbrsart]

@YourNan If Anatoly Dyatlov hadn't ordered the rods retracted, then the disaster likely wouldn't have happened. To his final breath, he insisted that it was the reactor's fault. But the reality is that his hubris led to bad decisions that bear the lion share of the blame.

[@mbrsart]

@YourNan I'm not saying you're wrong; I'm just saying that we can't eliminate human error from the equation.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

@@mbrsart Definitely not the lion's share. Unfortunately, the inherent design flaws vs. misuse argument has grown needlessly politicized over the years but that those originally on trial were used as scapegoats in order to exculpate the entire Soviet atomic safety culture of blame was something that very quickly came out even before the ultimate collapse of the iron curtain. The design was flawed, the pressures from above within the atomic infrastructure of the Soviet Union was a major problem, and while this manifested in poor safety culture within the control room of reactor 4, the many evident design flaws and even construction issues present in the plant as a whole (improperly laid concrete, use of bitumen on the roofs) point the finger at those pulling the strings - without whom those in the control room would not have made the mistakes they did (some of those mistakes being made without their ability to even comprehend their magnitude). Whatever kind of man Anatoly Dyatlov was - his continuing crucifixion is absolutely overblown, and thanks to HBO this misguided tendency will continue.

[@OGA103]

@@fuzzydunlop7928 I agree. Dyatlov was definitely an egotistical a-hole so he makes an easy scapegoat. He made terrible decisions that night but I think it's equally important to understand the critical design flaws of the RBMK and how he and others were led to believe that the type of accident that occurred was literally impossible. But in reality, an accident was just a matter of time.

[@jamielacourse7578]

Great stuff. No irritating music, no electro voice.....11 outta 10. How about that Japanese soldier on the isle that wouldn't give up?

[@TheRoyalSh0t]

I remember writing about this operation when i was in the army and i remember that one of the logistical problems were that they couldn't take enough fuel with them so the entire flight back they flew on fumes and miraculously made it back

[@sarjim4381]

Excellent video, and fair coverage of all sides in this one. Regardless of the rights or wrongs of the operation. anyone with an interest in military aviation history still stands in awe that this operation was successfully carried out. In later US war games, it only succeeded 10% of the time.

[@mojoblues66]

One fact that's missing though is that with just one reactor it would have taken Saddam 50 years to produce one atomic bomb.

[@djohn4904]

@@mojoblues66 but a dirty bomb..... far easier...

[@robertrichard6107]

It seems to me this is a lot of Mossadomy hog was with the G HW Bush era CIA, after this came all the happy horse$h!t Tom Clancy novels. Iraq was in Eisenhower's 'Atoms for Peace' program. I saw Begin on the Nimitz in '78, he's full of happy horse poop.

[@zenastronomy]

​@@mojoblues66like most of Israels and mossads miracle stories of incredible feats, they are nearly always exaggerated lies. It's like how every person mossad assassinated was always thr exact person that needed to die. after a while, you start to think maybe, its the intelligence equivalent of dirty cops laying guns and drugs on innocent dead black mens bodies.

[@derangedemu]

“They had an agreement not to create weapons” To be fair, if they wanted to create a nuke I doubt a piece of paper would stop them

[@Jan-rq8mo]

Well the french would immediatly know if they tried and alarm the UN.

[@lostbutfreesoul]

@@Jan-rq8mo, The problem stems from distrust, not just between two enemy states but distrust even between friends. Israel might have distrusted the French's ability to raise any sort of alarm. Given the way Iraq was fishing around for 'non-IAEA oversight,' I can easily see why Israel would have been concerned by this reduced oversight.

[@DKTAz00]

North Korea springs to mind. 'Totally not for making bombs'...'ok maybe a little'

[@professor10193]

Kinda the same with no-gun signs... bad guys gonna be bad guys

[@RealHexJoker]

At least they agreed to sign it

[@JazzyJoeJohnson]

Im not gonna lie that guy with the eyepatch looks pretty cool

[@PlainlyDifficult]

Moshe Dayan was quite an interesting character worth looking up! Thanks for the comment!

[@dragonsword7370]

Just checking out his 6 day war footage in Jerusalem looks pretty badass.

[@thebonesaw..4634]

Dayan got that eye-patch in the most bad-ass way possible. Shortly after the beginning of WWII, Dayan was serving with a British General, Henry Maitland, during the Syria/Lebanon Campaign. Dayan's unit had just finished assaulting a police station that was being held by the Vichy French (translate to Nazis... cause that's what they were). While waiting for reinforcements, Dayan decided to pop up onto the roof to have a look around with his binoculars (you know... like you do). A Vichy French sniper, who just happened to be hiding close by, noticed Dayan and used the opportunity to try and murder him (war... am I right?). The bullet hit Dayan's binoculars, shattering the lens and then sending shards of glass and left-over-bullet into his eye. After suffering the injury, Dayan then had to wait more than six hours before he could be relieved and evacuated (dude was still conscious). With the damage much too severe to attempt to save it, he was fitted for a glass eye almost immediately. For years afterward, Dayan repeatedly insisted on being re-enlisted for combat after having been removed from duty because of the injury. Again... bad-ass...

[@joelellis7035]

@Sean Price History has an interesting tale of shifting alliances. Did you know that the US saved Ho Chi Minh's life?

[@jabberwallkes12]

JazzyJoeJohnson interestingly its the same dude of the Sabena Flight 571

[@sanguiniusonvacation1803]

How about the Toronto circus riot of 1855? Nothing says fun like a riot between clowns and the fire department!

[@PlainlyDifficult]

Sounds awesome thanks for the suggestion!

[@dougerrohmer]

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[@dougerrohmer]

Been done by the History Guy: History that deserves to be remembered.

[@travisinthetrunk]

Douger Rohmer you beat me to it. I love the history guy.

[@user-ln2kz3fh2u]

Deffinition of fun

[@MtnTow]

Iran: Remember that one time in Iraq? Isreal: Save me some pics on this thumb-drive...

[@mommachupacabra]

LOL

[@williamforbes6919]

@Reaver4k Or more accurately "That's strange, our centrifuges seem to be operating better than normal? (Jarring metal screaching sounds) Oh shit"

[@huggerme]

Hard to imagine the French building a reactor in the middle east these days. Interesting how the times change.

[@TubeAngel]

Not hard to imagine Israel being subversive

[@UnfairEnforcer]

Cum Angel indeed, not hard to imagine a nation trying to survive

[@alexsikar6814]

Thoughtful Gamer (AGG) Ikr, just imagine how the Palestinians feel.

[@yeyyayyey]

Thomas well the French also loved Gaddafi. Nothing suprising really haha

[@psychologicaltirefire8190]

@Thomas The same with the Brits selling next gen Jet engines to Russia in the late 50s. Pretty sure the engine design was used in the MiG-15.

[@icrye2470]

You’re vids are so underrated! Great content

[@princeofcupspoc9073]

Hyper correction. "Your."

[@nexus3756]

i love your quality over quantity approach. much much better and worth the wait.

[@eitanamir7918]

I admire your objectivity, just putting the facts out there without opinions. Unlike the clearly biased infographics show.

[@PlainlyDifficult]

Thank you I tried my best much appreciated!

[@billrich9722]

I can’t stand Infographics presentation. I also side with Israel on this one. Then again I usually get a boner for the under dog. People can hate Israel and still recognize they exist on a knife edge. History Channel has a wonderful presentation for this incident. They go into a bit more detail but the meat of it is all here.

[@billrich9722]

@Bunker Sieben It's in a desert. It isn't hurting anything.

[@billrich9722]

Bunker Sieben Only the ones dumb enough to live for there.

[@tubthump]

I don't think he gave enough prominence to the fact that Israel is in breach of numerous international laws regarding military occupation and ethnic cleansing.

[@24daytona26]

Your video quality and research is spectacular, and any time I see a new video of yours I immediately watch it. Keep up the good work.

[@alistairreid965]

Another great video, so much background crammed in and leaves you wanting to learn more. I tip my hat to you sir! Keep up the great work.

[@holyassbutts]

Aww, two enemies working together! It's so heartwarming ❤️❤️❤️

[@paymenomind1604]

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend"

[@merlin3958]

1:11 man the Future looks surprisingly...oldschool :)

[@thatsnodildo1974]

yo this is a pretty litt Ace Combat story

[@andrewgause6971]

F-15 Strike Eagle for the SNES basically had you play this mission.

[@WaywardVet]

Fun fact, i actually lived at that site for several months as a U.S. Soldier. My unit guarded the side entrance. Our residence was the old mechanical drafting building, which had a basement for a single HVAC unit... and an inexplicable secret tunnel that let you get in and out of the building without going through the front door. About a meter wide, a meter high. No cables, no pipes, no fans, no lights, no emergency exit signs. Just a concrete tunnel that let you pop out on the side of the building from a small metal hatch. Totally the kind of thing i expect from a place not trying to hide anything!

[@WaywardVet]

I would agree. The absolutely massive berms around the sides are a testament to safety from both external attack and internal disaster. However, it was flagged by Intel analysis as a clandestine building. Only a few in the sprawling compound were marked as such. By the time I got there, all activities were long since past. It was still amazing to live in such a place.

[@omermagen824]

The way you pronounce Moshe Dayan made me giggle xD Cool video and definitely an interesting topic!

[@ottokarvonschnallenburg2572]

Now you know a german slang word for a certain part of the female body😁

[@grandestcherokee]

Nice Video Mate

[@pissoffliketomorrow458]

very importnat video, thank you for covering this topic so well

[@adenmickartz7422]

Nice to see this channel is still going strong! 👍

[@orioncgaming720]

Been pumped to see this episode!

[@gyromurphy]

I thought this said "operation operation" at first

[@djohn4904]

well a game of radioactive doctor instead of electricity sounds par for the course.

[@TheNuckinFoob]

10:08 I like that all the jets are flying with wheels down but then when they descend to 100ft (10:14) only 1 has wheels down. I'm not even pointing it out because it's upsetting, quite the opposite. I absolutely love your graphics and animations; they're the perfect level of amateurish while also being dead on accurate'ish. 😂👍

[@JTS21]

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[@southerncaterpillar4443]

Same here!

[@flagovhate]

Same my dude!

[@user-cs8pb5mi7n]

After reading what was written on reactors I legit laughed for like 30 minutes.

[@bahadrozturk2086]

That's what I call a good video.

[@PlainlyDifficult]

Thank you!

[@dwoodman26]

This reminds me so much of having to get up in front of the class at uni and read out a presentation I'd only just finished writing - I can even hear the smile when you get onto a piece you remember 😅

[@AdamSmith-gs2dv]

Btw the reason the Soviets conducted the test they did at Chernobyl was due to this attack. They were afraid the Americans or Israel would purposely strike one of their reactors to cause a nuclear disaster (oh the irony...)

[@charlesrcca8879]

oh the irony you say xD although I'm decently sure those are not RBMK; strikes on zaporhijia are kinda the same

[@yonatanharel6358]

Great video, really enjoyed watching it

[@bruhmomento523]

Oy vey, they're on to us! QUICK!! SHUT THE REACTOR DOWN

[@FlatBroke612]

SHUT IT DOWN!!!

[@spectolder8536]

ITS NOT SHUTTING DOWN *angry resonance cascade noises*

[@nobodynoone2500]

Love your art, would love to commision a print ;-)

[@azreanaibrahim2721]

So.....You making a specific playlist only involve nuclear good sir..

[@matthewlee8667]

Iraq: builds nuclear facility Saddam: I rock

[@502C.r.H]

Its is 4:09am.. And I laughed a little

[@matthewlee8667]

@@502C.r.H you're welcome. Now go to bed

[@jillvalentinefan77]

Damn straight I Rock son.

[@armyofninjas9055]

Great channel. Subbed. Keep up the good work.

[@tylertomlinson6446]

The more I learn about history I come to realize one thing. It's just country's taken turns seeing who can be the biggest jackass.

[@UncleDiddles]

Ilan Ramon, one of the pilots bombing the reactor, went on to become the first Israeli astronaut... his first space flight being on the Columbia Space Shuttle, dying on re-entry Feb 1st 2003.

[@RhelrahneTheIdiot]

So the terrorist ended up dying a horrible death? Good fucking riddance, bombing a nuclear plant is worse than anything the Iraqi's could have ever done.

[@olivercharles2930]

Impressive. Sad that he never got to see space though.

[@olivercharles2930]

@@RhelrahneTheIdiot He did nothing wrong. If you want to blame someone, blame the people who sent him.

[@UncleDiddles]

@olivercharles2930 Oh he did, he got to live the dream, they burned up on re-entry, coming back from space.

[@jillvalentinefan77]

Damn I looked good in a lab coat.

[@lostbutfreesoul]

I can't help ask the question: How much work did the US put into undermining the IAEA's reputation? When did complying with the international community become a negative?

[@TheSuperDerp]

The international community doesn't matter. If you're the most important nation in the world, everybody else does as you say, or their capital cities become craters. Simple logic.

[@KnittingPasta]

​@@TheSuperDerp Interesting, I don't remember the US telling european countries what to do

[@mrbasil583]

What international community? There are those countries with the will and strength to lead and those with only the ability to follow examples being U.S., China and Russia(before 1991 though we will see how current events play out for them) and then their 'client' states or those who require their protection from one or the other or an aggressive neighbour. This International Community you speak of is the biggest farce of hypocrites and self serving nations all vieing for dominance or survival depending and the devil take the weakest.

[@TheFlipsta97]

@@KnittingPasta Interesting. I recall french, german, and British soldiers dying in two separate Israeli funded and US lead wars within the last two decades. Maybe your memory is a little spotty there friend.

[@KnittingPasta]

@@TheFlipsta97 But we're they TOLD by the U.S. to join the war?

[@joelbray3243]

Honestly dude awesome video, love your vids! Keep it up!

[@unfortunategamer8586]

This is giving me heavy Too Gun Maverick vibes.

[@langers6844]

Best channel on KZbin 👍

[@HelloTardis]

To 100 feet! Holy crap.

[@mommachupacabra]

Around '78? I was visiting family with my mom in Israel. We spent a few days at the Ein Gedi resort (so Mom could "take the waters.") I was sitting on the edge of the lake there while Mom was napping at the hotel, , when bam. Whoosh. REALLY LOUD WHOOSH JETS OMG. A couple or three jets flew so low over the water they left a wake. I ran back to tell Mom about it, then we got a sonic boom that just about knocked her out of bed. These days I live in the Top Gun flight path in Nevada, and nope. Nowhere near as loud or badass, and those kids are pretty badass.

[@Aatell764]

Man imagine if Iraq had just stayed cool and enjoyed their nuclear reactors. They would be so much better off now.

[@olivercharles2930]

It would help to not have a dicktator running your country... I think, I have little knowledge of this part o fhistory

[@guusvanrijn]

nice

[@jonathandevries2828]

thanks plainly! I enjoyed watching this so have a comment!!

[@PlainlyDifficult]

Thank you!

[@W1se0ldg33zer]

The Israeli lead jets dropped dumb bombs through the concrete containment dome then the following jets dropped bombs inside of the dome. Made the concrete drop down on top of the reactor core to limit radiation leaking.

[@tstarcher2001]

I came here for the info...I stayed for the art...

[@PlainlyDifficult]

Thank you

[@iancanuckistan2244]

"Information from a U.S. satellite" - shows picture of Hubble space telescope. That aside, very informative.

[@dubsy1026]

Well the Hubble seems to have been derived from Keyhole spy satellites. We don't really have good images of them, for obvious reasons, so Hubble is a pretty good stand in for how they generally look.

[@kingmany1]

Spy sats look down.....Hubble looks up

[@mushyroom9569]

Technically the Hubble is a US satellite.

[@thespasm86]

A long history of condemning others for not following international rules, while they themselves create loopholes to justify their own breaches

[@gacomics5951]

They'll get what's coming when the American people get woke enough.

[@vgamedude12]

@@gacomics5951 even the USS liberty didnt awaken people I'm not so confident

[@tFighterPilot]

Israel is always condemnded by the UN, we just don't give a fuck. When did Israel condemn another nation?

[@tFighterPilot]

@Rob C Really? When did we conquer new land since 1967?

[@patrickderp1044]

@Creepy Hair Sniffer they were invaded by themselves. controlled opposition

[@shahriarahmed2739]

A great informative video with nice visual presentation. Can I please have the script of the vdo for my research? Your help would be highly appreciated. Thanks a lot in advance.

[@ecmjr]

I leaned more here than my high school history class.

[@gringostarr69]

What kind of school did you go to?

[@sSQNnify]

'syka' + 'merde' made me smile:)

[@lukymohr8]

Good job!

[@Cynder44]

Nice.

[@RealHexJoker]

When did Israel sign the non nuclear treaty

[@robgray7245]

lol they didn't

[@RealHexJoker]

@@robgray7245 who is the nuclear threat in the middle east again?

[@robgray7245]

john quackers Israel keeps saying its Iran but that doesn’t quite add up

[@centralintelligenceagency9003]

@@RealHexJoker Well who's got the largest arsenal of nukes in the Middle East?

[@RealHexJoker]

@@centralintelligenceagency9003 Israel has 400 and they're pointing at all the capitals of Europe research the Samson option for more info

[@sadscaredorca7250]

These titles are crazy. Coming next is, "Little Tikes play house factory, (Reactor Explosion)"

[@pepe6666]

whats the music right at the start of this? it reminds me of star trek 6

[@ummmhelp]

because of the time stamp on the thumb nail I thought it was called operation operation.

[@apinakapina]

Some experts have said that producing enough weapons-grade material with this reactor would've taken decades - if it was even feasible in the first place. I think this was even in Wikipedia page about the reactor. Of course, experimenting and gaining knowledge was by itself getting Saddam closer to having a bomb.

[@keirandunwoodie8138]

apinakapina the had the fuel for the bombs but the heads of the program stopped it and helped him get chemical weapons*

[@apinakapina]

Sure, there's a difference between having some soft of nuclear weapon, and an entire weapons program. With all the radioactive materials that went missing after USSR fell apart it's a wonder that nobody has detonated a "dirty bomb".

[@Abigail-hu5wf]

@@apinakapina Non-nuclear radiological (NNR) weapons, i.e. dirty bombs, are ultimately kind of a solution looking for a problem most of the time. They've never been used because there's never been a good use-case for them. Really, the only use-case for a NNR weapon would be terrorism, where your goal isn't to conquer territory but just straight-up to spread fear and panic. The bomb itself would render the territory uncapturable by its nature - that's literally the point of using it - and so there's really no military purpose to it. Additionally like all radiological, biological, and chemical weapons, they are fundamentally ineffective against military targets and are *exclusively* useful in taking out civilian targets. While past militaries have done this, modern militaries understand that it's generally not worth their time because it doesn't really do anything. Strategic or morale bombing doesn't really do much to win you a war: bomb the rail lines, not schools. So, only terrorists would use an NNR weapon. The problem with THAT, though, is that it's overkill. After 9/11, most terrorist groups understood that there's only so far you can push the great powers before they go "OK, fuck you, we're fucking invading now" and at that point things change drastically. NNR weapons are so stupidly over-the-top that, generally speaking, only absolute lunatics would use them... and such people don't have access to radiologically dangerous materiel. Dirty bombs are, broadly speaking, something you dream up because you want to think about how bad things can get, but there's really not much of a use-case. Any situation where you want to contaminate an enormous area while spreading disease and death would be better dealt by a salted nuclear weapon instead, which has a concrete strategic benefit that a dirty bomb simply doesn't.

[@AaronShenghao]

Tell that to the Chinese in the 60's 70's. The scientists still managed build China's first nuclear bomb after Soviets pulled out their support, as well as under internal pressure due to the "culture revolution" (Mao have to personally order protection for the scientists working on the Chinese Nuclear and Space program... the "culture revolution" really went out of control and set China back 10 years back in technological/education progress). I'm not saying this strike is correct in anyway. But if someone is determined enough... it's not unimageable that Iraq could pop out several reactors copied from the French, or even design a more powerful one using material acquired from the French. The thing is, just like later US invasion of Iraq, there was no evidence that Iraq have done either nuclear weapons or other WMD program...

[@spacecadet35]

It is easy to tell if a country wants a reactor for electrical power or for nuclear weapons production. If they want electrical power then they would consider a Thorium cycle. It is cheaper and cleaner and it is very difficult to make nuclear weapons with any isotope you get from the reactor. Using a Uranium cycle has much nastier waste products and has a low burn up rate giving lots more waste, but is good at making plutonium, which is good for nuclear weapons manufacture.

[@centralintelligenceagency9003]

Thorium is bred into Uranium 233, with which you can make nukes. You can make a Thorium reactor, especially a molten salt reactor, with a dual purpose: making power and making warheads. There's many ways to design a breeder disguised as a power reactor, and the world police will only know once you pop your first nuke.

[@spacecadet35]

@@centralintelligenceagency9003 - Yep, you can make U233 into a bomb, especially if you use plutonium or U235 (which defeats the point). And then you have that whole U232 issue. There is a reason everyone makes bombs out of U235 and Plutonium instead of U233.

[@spacecadet35]

@Gerben van Straaten- What do you mean that thorium is ten years from being usable? It was used in a commercial reactor in the 1970s. That plant showed that the Thorium had 2.5 times the burn up rate of Uranium. And there have been peeblebed reactors that have actually generated power using Thorium. Thorium is ready to go now and has been since the 1980s.

[@spacecadet35]

@Gerben van Straaten - the first reactor to run thorium was a uranium reactor that had a thorium core for its second refuelling. This produced 50 MW of electrical energy. And kilogram for kilogram of fuel it produced 2.5 times as much as the Uranium, The burn up rate is so high that you do not have to reprocess the fuel. You can either just vitrify it or if you are using pebbles, just stick them in drums for 300 years. Their storage, handling and disposal is much, much easier than using a uranium or plutonium cycle. This was all solved at least 30 years ago.

[@DrRich-mw4hu]

Thank you!! 👍 well done 👍

[@PlainlyDifficult]

Thank you!

[@firenicey7319]

Top Gun Maverick seems like it took inspiration from this

[@Dee-0015]

This kinda sounds like the mission from top gun 2

[@stephanieparker1250]

These days, a drone would be launched and mission accomplished.

[@JohnDoe-on6ru]

Kinda scary

[@Dragonblaster1]

I don't think the IAF F15 escorts went into Iraq with their landing gear down...

[@brandonpass7591]

I’m almost certain I was part of a raid that was at this location in 2005. I was in Baghdad at the time. Insurgents were using it as a base of operations and to hide weapons in the tunnels.

[@MatthewCobalt]

Can you cover a WW2 or later mission by the royal air Force? I can't remember the exact mission but a key element of the plan was to fly a squadron of planes that would refuel the planes ahead of them until the leader reached the Target and dropped the payload.

[@PlainlyDifficult]

Thanks for the suggestion and the comment ill have a look!

[@TimToBeat]

Isnt that the mission with the vulcan bombers? There is a video about it on KZbin called “the most daring raid” or something

[@clazy8]

@@TimToBeat I think our host refers to that mission at 0:17 or so

[@BoarVessel-BCEtruscanCer-xy7et]

@@PlainlyDifficult I think Its Operation Black Buck from the Falklands War

[@themadhammer3305]

@@TimToBeat "The most daring raid" was the British commando raid on St. Nazaire during WW2 which is worth a look itself. I think the one your thinking of is Operation Black Buck during the Falklands war, which is amazing given the logistics nightmare of making a Vulcan fly as far as it needed to for it to bomb the runway at port Stanley

[@DumbSkippy]

Um Yisroel Hai !

[@thedungeondelver]

I worked at NASA in 2002; I met Ilan Ramon weeks before his (fatal) Space Shuttle mission. Just briefly, though.

[@Attaxalotl]

This is the plot of Top Gun Maverick

[@slothdance2020]

Great video but Laughing at the pronunciation of the names. "Mushy" Dayan cracked me. I know it is a serious topic and there is a bunch of other operations that took place in relation to this. There were several other "suspicious" deaths of other Nuclear scientists.

[@JasonDykstraMT]

You should make a video about Operation Black Buck

[@PlainlyDifficult]

Thanks for the suggestion I’ll look into it

[@farmertyler8087]

This sounds like top gun maverick

[@Hater00001]

That's exactly I realised halfway through the video

[@djohn4904]

This attack led to USSR doing Chernobyl test ( power failure from air strike)> failed and blew up> helped kill USSR>.... go Israel!

[@olivercharles2930]

ngl, israel do be a pro gamer

[@sandyharman5067]

I believe this was the flight where extra gas tanks were attached to the jets and dropped in the desert.

[@mattmuttley]

We need more eyebrows in these vids going forward lol.

[@MyILoveMinecraft]

THEY LITERALLY GOT SPOTTED BY THE KING Lmao they werent so sneaky after all

[@andie_pants]

That's some Iron Eagle shit right there.

[@MayimHastings]

Governments are evil. That being said, everyone please remember what IS in our control, and create goodness. Only write respectful comments, smile at strangers (even behind a mask) because you never know how much they may need it. Call an elderly relative because they’ve seen it all and they know that loving company is the most important thing. Help another species, pick up that plastic bottle on the sidewalk... We WILL get through this and have a story to tell, be stronger for it, know what matters. Love to you all, God bless

[@alanmagee2193]

You shout do the USS Liberty. Those fine Israeli allies

[@carlkinder8201]

Do Operation Thunderbolt next (the raid on Entebbe)

[@r.j.lombardi111]

There was another operation Opera... During the '90s and KOS was involved

[@GodlikeIridium]

Btw, you can still see the bombed reactor on Google earth! They just gave it up and left it to nature xD But i wonder what happened to the fuel...

[@kirkc9643]

Nice to see the Russians being the sensible ones..if only we would see more of that. Shame on the French government.

[@TheAsymmetrical]

Lmao at the time this was happening, French and Belgian paid mercenaries fighting the Irish and swedes in the Congo to protect "European nuclear interests" was still a fresh enough memory in most peoples minds.

[@Akriashi]

Happens way more often that publicized...

[@JG-xm8jy]

who is the terry now?

[@iNDREI_Ro]

Nuclear weapons exist only as deterrent. Where was the international outcry when Israel produced nuclear weapons? Does someone remember Mordechai Vananu?

[@magilmart]

Don not compare giving a knife to a cook or to a madman. Do not compare giving nuclear weapons to Israel or to a Islamic State

[@benbauer1257]

@@magilmart yeah, the Samson option is a completely rational thought

[@jasonyin942]

@@magilmart a chef can plan mass murder while a madman can only charge and take down a few before falling himself

[@tFighterPilot]

There wasn't an international outcry when Iraq had it either. The two countries who cared were Israel and Iran.

[@nicholassternon5857]

tFighterPilot no international outcry. Damn I guess I imagined George bush and saddams wmd’s

[@notmenotme614]

Iraq: "Will anyone help us build a nuclear reactor.... for reasons" USSR: "No as we don't want any weapons proliferation" France: "You have money? Hold my bière" USA: "We are going to freeze the sale of military aircraft to Israel" Israel: "That's a pity as we want to spend $Billions on US made products" USA: "Pretend I didn't say that! "

[@wyattroncin941]

Of course it's about nuclear weapons

[@ReverendTed]

7:14 - Iranian F-14 Tomcats pictured. 7:30 - Report suggests F-4 Phantoms. The latter is much more likely, given their respective roles.

[@pellergin]

Yeah, U.S. didn't sell the F-14 with the air to ground missile capabilities, only air to air.

[@daghtus]

Why on Earth is Hubble Space Telescope starring in this video? Oh dear...

[@MrTrashmasterfx]

Jan because the Hubble is believed to be based on some keyhole spy craft Generation

[@shadowpoet4398]

So, still no Chernobyl eh?

[@PlainlyDifficult]

;)

[@Raul_Menendez]

What they did is up to debate. But the mission is really impressive and the pilots are superb.

[@justarandomname420]

EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.

[@iViking90]

Here's one I want seen: RMS Olympic. This ship's career was largely overshadowed by Titanic, and it was a colorful one at that.

[@PlainlyDifficult]

Very true I covered it’s history slightly on my violet jessop video kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZesipWZfpicmNU

[@sambrolollol7742]

Phew not a RBMK.

[@olliedee]

This is Top Gun Maverick isn't it? 😅