During the end of the Six-day war, Israel would have its first two nuclear bombs built. This was after Prime Minister Levi Eshko secretly ordered the team at Dimona to assemble two nukes with whatever material and hardware they had. This type of bomb was different than an arial bomb that the US and other countries made, but these nuclear devices were truck mounted. One official said the operation was referred to as Spider because the nuclear devices were inelegant contraptions with appendages sticking out. The plan was to have the truck race to the Egyptian border and denotate, much like a suicide bomb in the event of Arab overwhelming the Israelis Defense Force.
https://www.cfr.org/blog/israels-nuclear-weapons-program-and-lessons-iran
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