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In fact, every Iranian target targeting the Iraqi air force had a story and principle upon exposure to it, which included all the recognized principles of war. Therefore, success was almost certain from the beginning. When thinking about bombing the Iranian nuclear reactor in Bushehr, it does not mean just destroying an important vital facility, but rather destroying capabilities. Iran's future strategy, after collecting information about this reactor, whether by the air force or other sources, it is revealed that it contains the fortified nuclear dome that contains the core of the reactor and its facilities, and there is also the Bushehr Air Force base, which is close to the reactor, where there are F / 14 planes whose duty is to defend an island. The nuclear reactor, loading areas, oil tankers, petrochemical complex and all the oil fields in the Arabian Gulf, the Air Force had to plan to remove these aircraft from the strike planes that will be tasked with the task of attacking the nuclear reactor, the other essential point is the low flight over the sea could be exposed to thatPlanning took a long time to avoid any contingency that might lead to the failure of the mission, as it took into account the two most important principles, namely deception and surprise to avoid losses. The other dilemma is to fortify the concrete dome of the reactor, which of course requires some kind of rockets or bombs that were not available to the Iraqi air force at the time. The Air Force Command tried to obtain this type of weapon from the manufacturer (France, where it had a project of an Arcole-type missile bomb), but it is in the process of testing and this may take a long time, so the decision was made to use the 2000-pound supernatural bombs instead of them with taking Consider the use of the AS-30 laser missile in an unavoidable attempt to breach the core of the nuclear reactor.
Summary of the general idea of bombing the Bushehr nuclear reactor
The general idea included the mobilization of 10 Mirage / F1 aircraft at Artawi airport (20 km from the Al-Wehda air base) and the same number at the Air Force base (Al-Shuaiba) in addition to four MiG / 23 attacking (MS) aircraft at the same base, as well as the mobilization of the equipment required for the strike. As for the implementation plan, it will be as follows (the takeoff of the strike aircraft, nine Mirage / F1 aircraft - from Artawi secondary airport, in conjunction with nine Mirage F1 aircraft) from the Air Force base for the purpose of air feeding, and two MiG-23 planes that counteract the deception.The Mirage planes head towards Bubiyan Island and then pass it southward in the depth of the Arabian Gulf (before that the air-feeding operation is carried out for the nine air strike planes and the other nine nursing mothers return to the Air Unit base) and then the strike aircraft turn southeast to reach another geographical point and then turn north Al-Sharqi towards the nuclear reactor on the Iranian coast, deception planes are heading at the same time towards Kharg Island in order to disguise that the strike on this island is aimed at withdrawing Iranian F / 14 planes from the reactor area while the strike planes are heading to their targets.
- 4 Mirage / F1 aircraft payload 2 2,000-pound bomb attacking the reactor's dome.
- 2 Mirage / F1 aircraft with missile payload (AS-30) also attack the Dome from a distance of 10 km.
- 2 Mirage / F1 aircraft were designated to strike the service buildings surrounding the dome.
- One Mirage plane for electronic jamming purposes.
On the morning of 11/17/1987, 18 Mirage / F1 aircraft headed at a very low altitude towards the Kuwaiti island of Boubyan, and two MiG-23 planes headed towards Kharg Island, then the strike aircraft were fed at the feeding point, usually nine Mirage planes to The air force base and the air force base continued to form the strike according to the drawn plan to attack the reactor and the surrounding administrative facility and destroy it, and usually all the strike, deception and jamming aircraft to their bases safely after they had traveled 1,200 km in the coming and going, and the strike was repeated on the same day at 1630 in the same manner and with 12 aircraft Mirage, including jamming aircraft, protection and deception aircraft, these two air strikes were able to direct their successful strikes without interference from Iranian attackers. On 11/19/1987, the strike was repeated on the same target, where the leadership confirmed its complete destruction, and before the end of the war on 7/19/19 1988 another strike was directed at the reactor with four planesMirage / P1.
Source: Alwan Al-Abusi, Book on Capabilities and Strategic Roles of the Iraqi Air Force in the Period 1931-2003, pp. 236-238, in coordination with the Pilot Lieutenant-General Khaldoun Khattab
Original source (in Arabic):
http://www.iraqiairforcememorial.com/عملية-التعرض-على-المفاعل-النووي-الاير/
