Cabo Raso was the last-minute choice as the location for a 1988 public test-launch of the Cóndor II and the Alacrán. US Ambassador Theodore Gildred was invited to attend the launch. The test was cancelled at the last minute, however, most likely due to technical difficulties.

Key Sources:
Anabella Busso, Relaciones Argentina-Estados Unidos en los noventa: el caso Cóndor II (Buenos Aires: Edición CERIR, 1999), p. 39; Daniel Santoro, Operación Cóndor II: la historia secreta del misil que desmanteló Menem (Buenos Aires: Ediciones Letra Buena, 1992), p. 38.