BelligerentPacifist
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Recommending thread for closure. Reasons: the original poster appears to think a Wikipedia entry is all you need to prove or disprove something's existence. This sets the tone for the following postings, and almost guarantees that serious posters stay away. And please, people need to spell-check their thread titles, it is highly off-putting. Threads on future ballistic missile possibilities already exist, new ones started every week by members hatched the weekend will only make relevant info harder to find. Thanks you. My apologies blackcobran.
The J-2 was a more curious case however. They tested it to 1400 km in the mid 1980s, possibly in a depressed trajectory. South Africa was a partner in the program, maybe only a late entrant or customer. SA may have tested it to a further range, away from the Mediterranean and Soviet Union and Western Europe.
You don't have to announce a BM test to the public or the media. You only need to inform countries you might overfly, and ships in lanes. Unless when you're a small country and need to take bigger ones into confidence (PK), or are bound by treaties (IND-PK).
Ballistic missile launches, however can't really be kept secret because it is quite a dramatic affair for any sat looking down at that part of the world. And there are sats specifically put up there for detecting bodies mounting above the atmosphere.
The Jericho-3 is reportedly made using Castor-120 blocks, and is therefore essentially a US Peacekeeper missile. A tested and deployed system wouldn't need testing.
The J-2 was a more curious case however. They tested it to 1400 km in the mid 1980s, possibly in a depressed trajectory. South Africa was a partner in the program, maybe only a late entrant or customer. SA may have tested it to a further range, away from the Mediterranean and Soviet Union and Western Europe.
You don't have to announce a BM test to the public or the media. You only need to inform countries you might overfly, and ships in lanes. Unless when you're a small country and need to take bigger ones into confidence (PK), or are bound by treaties (IND-PK).
Ballistic missile launches, however can't really be kept secret because it is quite a dramatic affair for any sat looking down at that part of the world. And there are sats specifically put up there for detecting bodies mounting above the atmosphere.
