Npr 2.3: Ballistic, Cruise Missile, and Missile Defense
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Missile Developments BALLISTIC, CRUISE MISSILE, AND MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS: TRADE AND SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS, OCTOBER 1994-FEBRUARY 1995 (ASC) officials are to meet with Russian officials to consider a Russian proposal to AFGHANISTAN ARGENTINA launch converted ICBMs from Australia to put satellites into orbit. The Russian rocket- producer STC Complex and engine manu- facturer Energomash will hold discussions with the ASO and ASC and, says Minister INTERNAL DEVELOPMENTS INTERNAL DEVELOPMENTS Schact, a joint six month study will be un- dertaken to assess the proposal’s feasibility. 10/94 8/94 STC Complex reportedly proposes to use A government “missile base” is seized by Argentina’s Defense Minister, Dr. Oscar the solid fuel sections of the SS-20 and SS- rebel forces loyal to Prime Minister Camilion, says “I think that Argentina ought 25 ICBMs, mount a more accurate guid- Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. to go ahead with peaceful [space] research ance system and modify the nose cone to Paul Beaver, Jane’s Defence Weekly, 10/15/94, p. and development.” Camilion points out that accommodate a satellite. 19 (4631). Executive News Service, 2/8/95 (4782). Flight In- responsibility for Argentine space research ternational, 2/22/95-2/28/95, p. 19 (4825). falls under the Comision Nacional de Asuntos Especiales, which reports to Presi- AUSTRALIA WITH UNITED STATES dent Menem. Jose C. d’Odorico, Armed Forces Journal Interna- tional, 8/94, p. 12 (4511). 9/94 McDonnell Douglas and the U.S. Navy are The numbers listed in parenthesis following the soliciting sales of the Tomahawk cruise mis- bibliographic references refer to the identification sile to the U.K. and Australia. In addition, number of the document in the International McDonnell Douglas is preparing a version Missile Proliferation Project Database, from AUSTRALIA of the Stand-off Land Attack Missile which the news summaries are abstracted. Because of the rapidly changing nature of the (SLAM) for possible sale to the U.K., and subject matter, The Nonproliferation Review is an upgrade to the SLAM Expanded Re- unable to guarantee that the information reported sponse as an alternative to the Tri-Service herein is complete or accurate, and disclaims Stand-off Attack Missile if that program is liability to any party for any loss or damage AUSTRALIA WITH RUSSIA canceled. caused by errors or omissions. Ramon Lopez, Flight International, 9/28/94, p. 16 (4520). 2/8/95 Australian Science Minister Chris Schact tells parliament that Australian Space Of- fice (ASO) and Australian Space Council The Nonproliferation Review/Spring-Summer 1995 169 Missile Developments ligence and defense officials are unhappy BOSNIA WITH CROATIA that Belarus is “selling Russian military se- BELARUS crets.” 11/4/94 Geoffrey York, Washington Times, 11/6/94, p. A9 Bosnian Croat forces fire rockets from a (4650). Belapan (Minsk), 11/15/94; in FBIS-SOV- 94-222, 11/15/94 (4803). multiple-rocket launcher (MRL) near Kupres. The Croatian defense minister says 12/1/94 that Bosnian and Croat forces have little INTERNAL DEVELOPMENTS Belarusian President A. Lukashenka says he difficulty in purchasing needed armaments. is temporarily suspending sale of the S-300 Roger Cohen, New York Times, 11/5/94, pp. 1, 4 (4730). 11/94 to ATOS. Lukashenka states, “It is a secret Belarus suspends elimination of 81 missile complex, developed by Russia with the par- BOSNIA WITH SERBIA launch pads due to the high cost and the ticipation of Belarus. I cannot sell it. If we environmental damage associated with their want to be sensible in our trade activities, destruction. Chief of the Belarusian Na- we must decide on such steps jointly.” 1/2/95 tional Agency for Verification and Inspec- Holos Ukrayiny (Kiev), 12/2/94; in FBIS-SOV-94- A rocket strikes the Sarajevo Holiday Inn tion Major General Yevgeniy Nikulin sug- 234, 12/2/94, p. 5 (4758). causing minor damage and no casualties. gests that the Foreign Ministry hold talks Bosnia’s government blames the Serbs, but with the U.S. State Department to exempt 12/19/94 U.N. officials claim they could not deter- destruction of the pads required under the A chartered Volga-Dnepr An-124 transport mine who fired the rocket. START I Treaty, saying “We have no nuclear aircraft — operated by the Russian-British Laura Silber and Bruce Clark, Financial Times, 1/ weapons of our own, we have unambigu- joint venture HeavyLift-VolgaDnepr — lands 3/95, p. 1 (4759). ously given them up, and we will be in no in Huntsville, Alabama, carrying a Russian way capable of using these installations for S-300 PMU. The $50 million sale of the the purpose for which they were intended.” SAM system was brokered by ATOS on be- Krasnaya Zvezda (Moscow), 11/16/94, p. 3; in half of BDM International (Mclean, Vir- BRAZIL FBIS-SOV-94-222, 11/16/94 (4830). ginia). The S-300, which arrives from an air base near Minsk, will be analyzed by BELARUS WITH RUSSIA the Missile & Space Intelligence Center. John Mintz and Benjamin Weiser, Washington Post, 12/6/94 12/23/94, pp. A1, A11 (4807). David Hughes, A U.S.-led NATO inspection team is in Aviation Week & Space Technology, 1/2/95, p. 60 INTERNAL DEVELOPMENTS (4776). Belarus to “fix” the withdrawal of a Russian unit from a missile facility in accordance 7/14/94 with Conventional Armed Forces in Europe The Brazilian Space Agency (AEB) offi- treaty (CFE), according to National Agency cially begins operations. Created in 1994 for Control and Inspection chief Major Gen- BOSNIA and connected directly to the President’s eral Yawhen Nikulin. office, the AEB centralizes planning and Belapan (Minsk), 12/7/94; in FBIS-SOV-94-237, implementation of Brazilian space launch 12/7/94, (4773). and satellite activities. AEB President Luiz Gylvan Meira Filho remarks that the Union BELARUS WITH UNITED STATES General Budget to Congress set aside $19 INTERNAL DEVELOPMENTS million for the organization’s establishment. 11/94 Gazeta Mercantil (Sao Paulo), 7/15/94-7/17/94; in The Belarusian company Beltechexport will 11/94 JPRS-TND-94-017, 9/8/94, pp. 14-15 (4612). sell a Russian S-300 PMU [SA-10] SAM Bosnian-Serb forces fire a minimum of 16 system to the U.S.-Canadian firm ATOS S-75 Dvinas (SA-2) “Guideline” SAMs — 9/94 International Acquisition Ltd. for “as much modified for use as SSMs with an estimated Brazil’s Aeronautics and Space Institute as $500 million.” ATOS is run by Emmanual range of 55 km and a payload of 195 kg — (IAE) estimates that the Satellite Launch Weigensberg, president of Montreal-based against the Bosnian Federation Army in Vehicle (SLV) will be ready by late 1995 or Trans World Arms, Inc. Wiegensberg nearly Bihac. early 1996. The IAE is developing the SLV completed a similar deal with Moscow, but Paul Beaver, Jane’s Defence Weekly, 11/19/94, p. under the Complete Brazilian Space Mis- 20 (4723). International Defense Review, 1/95, p. sion (MECB); the MECB was previously Russian authorities cancelled the sale. 6 (4824). Izvestiya reports that Russian counterintel- administered by the Armed Forces General Staff. The MECB’s goal is to launch Na- 170 The Nonproliferation Review/Spring-Summer 1995 Missile Developments tional Space Research Institute (INPE)-pro- ellite-launching industry. Commenting on duced satellites from the Alcantara launch alleged past sales of missile systems to the site. IAE Director Tiago da Silva Ribeiro Middle East, a senior U.S. official says: DENMARK reports that the SLV’s development time- “They have been scrupulous ... to non-pro- table “will depend on the release of funds.” liferation issues recently ... and they very He adds that the SLV’s minimum 1994 bud- much want to be seen as a leader in non- get was projected at $9 million. While the proliferation circles.” Science and Technology Ministry earmarked John C. Roper, UPI, 11/17/94; in Executive News INTERNAL DEVELOPMENTS $40 million for the SLV, the IAE has actu- Service, 11/17/94, (4752). ally received only $500,000 this year. Since 11/94 1991, the SLV project has been operating The Royal Danish Navy (RDN) deploys two with a budget of less than $10 million. Harpoon Coastal Defense System batteries. Meanwhile, Ajax Barros de Melo, Director CHILE The Harpoons were previously mounted on General of the Brazilian Space Agency the RDN’s obsolete Peder Skram class frig- (AEB), says the AEB will be operating at ates. “full capacity” by 10/94. Among the AEB’s International Defense Review, 11/94, p. 22 (4763). 1994 goals, according to de Melo, are to increase scientific cooperation with foreign countries, to launch data collection satel- CHILE WITH ISRAEL lites (SCD) and to complete the SLV. Inter- national bids for the scheduled 3/95 launch 11/94 EGYPT of the INPE-developed SCD-2 will be pub- The Chilean Navy is expected to be the first lished by the end of 1994. The AEB plans foreign country to deploy Israel’s Barak to enter the international market for small point defense missile system. Barak will be (400 kg or less) satellite launch services. deployed on the Blanco Encalda, formerly Gazeta Mercantil (Sao Paulo), 7/15/94-7/17/94; in HMS Fife. Chile provided funds for the EGYPT WITH LIBYA JPRS-TND-94-017, 9/8/94, pp. 14-15 (4612). system’s development. Sharone Parnes, Defense News, 10/17/94-10/23/94, 10/94 p. 44 (4671). Mouafac Harb, Washington Times, 12/94 Avibras Aeroespacial of Brazil advertises a 11/9/94, p. A22 (4671). James Bruce, Jane’s De- The presence of Egyptian missile and rocket new coastal defense variant of its Astros II fence Weekly, 11/19/94, p.