Plumbat Operation
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The Plumbat Operation (1968): A combined Lekem-Mossad operation, codenamed "Plumbat," was undertaken in support of the Israeli nuclear weapons effort. A German freighter disappeared along with its cargo of some 200 tons of uranium oxide (Yellowcake). When the freighter reappeared in a Turkish port, the cargo was missing; it had been transferred at sea to an Israeli ship.
The name Plumbat came from the labelling of the oil drums that were used to transport the uranium oxide. Plumbat meaning lead.