Nasser's Missile Program and Operation Damocles (w. Devon)

In 1962, President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt (or the UAR) showed the world his newest toys: a set of tiny, dinky missiles that could carry 60 kilos of explosives apiece. Needless to say, the head of the Israeli Mossad flipped out and ordered a campaign of assassinations on the German scientists who'd built them. This week, we're talking to Devon (bsky.app/profile/devononearth.bsky.social) from the Kill James Bond podcast about Operation Damocles: a story of dumb rockets and dumber spies.
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Sources:
- Reflections on Egypt, the Middle East, and History (khaledfahmy.org/en), Khaled Fahmy
- Nasser and the Missile Age in the Middle East, Owen Sirrs
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