Other Names: Advena Circle Facility, Advena Central Laboratories
Location: 28° 01'S 25° 44' E, 20km west of Pretoria
Subordinate to: Armscor
Primary Function: Development and production of deliverable nuclear weapons
Description: The Advena facility was built in 1980. The facility was intended to expand nuclear delivery options to include ballistic missiles. The design of Advena's integration building indicates that South Africa was planning for an advanced weapon in the long-term. The building had enough space to load a warhead onto a ballistic missile. Each storage vault contained adequate space for one small re-entry body.
 |
| |
Updated May 2003 |
|
|
