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>During the night of 8–9 October, an alarmed Dayan told Meir that "this is the end of the third temple."[350] He was warning of Israel's impending total defeat, but "Temple" was also the code word for Israel's nuclear weapons.[351] Dayan raised the nuclear topic in a cabinet meeting, warning that the country was approaching a point of "last resort".[353] That night, Meir authorized the assembly of thirteen 20-kiloton-of-TNT (84 TJ) tactical nuclear weapons for Jericho missiles at Sdot Micha Airbase and F-4 Phantom II aircraft at Tel Nof Airbase.[351] They would be used if absolutely necessary to prevent total defeat, but the preparation was done in an easily detectable way, likely as a signal to the United States.[353] Kissinger learned of the nuclear alert on the morning of 9 October. That day, President Nixon ordered the commencement of Operation Nickel Grass, an American airlift to replace all of Israel's material losses.[50]
Israel once threatened to start a global nuclear war unless america helped them
Israel once threatened to start a global nuclear war unless america helped them
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