Operation Orchard
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Operation Orchard
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[edit] Timeline
- September 6, 2007 Israeli F-15s and F-16s attack an unidentified target in the Deir ez-Zor region of Syria[1].
[edit] Sources
- 06 September 2007 Airstrike at GlobalSecurity.org
- Israel's Russian SAM Zapper at DefenseTech.org suggests that Israel has an ECM system that "can render the Russian TOR-M1 and S300 anti-aircraft missiles useless" and that part of the reason for the September 6, 2007 attacks was to probe Syrian air defenses
- U.S. Electronic Fingerprints in Syria? at Ares Blog (May 2, 2008)
- Israel Shows Electronic Prowess at Aviation Week (November 25, 2007)
- How Israel Whacked Syria, Part 2 at Ares Blog (November 1, 2007)
- Israel used electronic attack in air strike against Syrian mystery target at Aviation Week (October 8, 2007)
- Black Surprises at Aviation Week discusses USAF "Black" programs, including Senior Suter, which was reportedly involved in the Operation Orchard air strikes.
- Osirak II? at Wall St. Journal (September 18, 2007) an Op-Ed piece that speculates on the attack's relationship to nuclear weapons
- Bombed Syrian Site Appears to Have Been Nuclear Reactor at Washington Post (November 19, 2008) indicates that the bombed Syrian site contains significant traces of Uranium
