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Jericho I was first publicly identified as an operational short-range ballistic missile system in late 1971.

It was long, in diameter, weighing.

It had a range of and a CEP of, and it could carry a payload estimated at.

It was intended to carry a nuclear warhead.

However, due to Israel's ambiguity over its nuclear weapons program, the missile is classified as a ballistic missile.

Initial development was in conjunction with France, Dassault provided various missile systems from 1963 and a type designated MD-620 was test fired in 1965.

But French co-operation was halted by an arms embargo from January 1968, though 12 missiles had been delivered from France.

Work was continued by IAI at the Beit Zachariah facility and the program cost almost $ 1 billion up to 1980, incorporating some U. S. technology.

Despite some initial problems with its guidance systems, it is believed that around 100 missiles of this type were produced.