Location: Grabouw, 200km east of Cape Province
Primary function: Design, assembly, integration, launch preparation, and project management of space activities.
Description: Howteq was responsible for developing the RSA-1, an intermediate-range single-stage ballistic missile; the RSA-2 an intermediate-range ballistic missile, consisting of the first and second stages of the RSA-3; and the RSA-3, believed to be identical to the Israeli Jericho II missile/Shavit launch vehicle. The RSA-4 ICBM/satellite launcher was a planned follow up of RSA-3 and was in the process of being developed before the program was cancelled in 1994.
Key sources:
Encyclopedia Astronautica, "RSA-3," <http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/rsa3.htm>; "Israel: How Far Can Its Missiles Fly?" Risk Report (1) p. 5, June 1995; Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control, <http://www.wisconsinproject.org/>; Gary Milhollin and Gerard White, "Why Are U.S. Firms Still Able to Aid the Mideast Missile Race?" Washington Post, 16 August 1992, <http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/>.
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