Battle of the Day

On June 7, 1981 Israeli planes destroyed Iraq's nuclear reactor and weapons program in a raid on Osirak.


At 15:55 on June 7, the first F­15 and F­16's roared off the runway from Etzion Air Force Base in the south. After a tense but uneventful low­ level navigation route, the fighters reached their target. They popped up at 17:35 and quickly identified the dome gleaming in the late afternoon sunlight.
Enemy defenses were caught by surprise and opened fire too late. In one minute and twenty seconds, the reactor lay in ruins.

That's the way it's supposed to be done.

BTW, whatever happened to the country that accomplished this and the Entebbe raid?