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During the 1973 Yom Kippur War, Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan warned Prime Minister Golda Meir that Israel was facing 'the end of the Third Temple,' a code phrase for nuclear weapons. In response to the surprise Arab offensive, Meir authorized the assembly of 13 nuclear devices for Jericho I missiles and F-4 aircraft targeting Syria and Egypt.
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During the 1973 Yom Kippur War, Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan warned Prime Minister Golda Meir that Israel was facing 'the end of the Third Temple,' a code phrase for nuclear weapons. In response to the surprise Arab offensive, Meir authorized the assembly of 13 nuclear devices for Jericho I missiles and F-4 aircraft targeting Syria and Egypt.
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