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Israel intercepts plane overflying nuclear reactor
The Israeli air force scrambled fighter jets on Tuesday after a light aircraft flew into restricted air space over its nuclear reactor in the southern Negev desert, the military said.
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The warplanes intercepted the aircraft and forced it to land at a nearby airstrip, where the two pilots were handed over to civilian authorities for investigation, an army spokeswoman said.
Police had no immediate comment but Israeli media reported that the two men, from central Israel, claimed to have lost their way.
Aircraft are forbidden from flying over the reactor near the desert town of Dimona.
Israel says the reactor is for research purposes, but defence analysts say it is the centre of Israel's undeclared nuclear weapons programme.
They say Dimona has been used to produce up to 200 nuclear warheads.
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