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category: "Intelligence & Government"
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- Person
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- Israel
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- Military
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summary: "Director general of the Israeli Ministry of Defense who in 1980 authorized Israel to develop a hydrogen bomb for testing."
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[[Mordechai Tsippori]] was the director general of the [[Israel|Israeli]] Ministry of Defense in 1980. He gave the go-ahead for Israel to develop a [[Hydrogen Bomb|hydrogen bomb]] for testing.[^1]
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. Sheridan Square Press, 1992 (TrineDay reprint, 2015).
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