Gebel Hamza Test Range
| Other Name: | N/A |
|---|---|
| Location: | Gebel Hamza |
| Subordinate To: | Ministry of Defense |
| Size: | Unknown |
| Facility Status: | Unknown |
A report in the Fall 1993 Nonproliferation Review indicated that the Egyptian Army operated a missile test facility near Gebal Hamza in 1992.[1] Arab-British Dynamics engineers wanted to use the facility for work on an improved Scud B, but the army refused the request.[2] The current status of this test range is unknown.
Sources:
[1] Dinshaw Mistry, Containing missile proliferation (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2003), p. 101; "Ballistic missile, cruise missile and missile defense systems: Trade and significant developments (July-November 1992)," The Nonproliferation Review 1, No. 1, Fall 1993, p. 98.
[2] Dinshaw Mistry, Containing missile proliferation (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2003), p. 101; "Ballistic missile, cruise missile and missile defense systems: Trade and significant developments (July-November 1992)," The Nonproliferation Review 1, No. 1, Fall 1993, p. 98.
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