Buccaneers, and. Shackletons aL] could carry a first or early generation fission 79/ Griin:n, " IAiIA Safeguards - tr',']xere Do lie Stand Today? ", p. 37. 80/ See, e.g., Adelman ancl l(night " "Can South Africa Go Nuclear?", p' 626' Rochlin, 'rThe Development and. DepJ-oyrnent of liuclear ltreapons Systems in a Prol i ferstins '.'Ioil.r ". n" f2, 8f/ See, e.g., Greenwood et aJ.., lluclear Po'wer and lleapons Technologv , pp. 3-6. 82_/ I"Ii1l ian Van cleav€, 'Nuclear Technology and \leapons,' in llu.c-1s91 pr^l i1.a}"ati.\n L,hesF TT eds. Robert M. La\,J?enCe and JoeI larus (Lar,rrerrce: uoiveriity Press of Kansas, r9?l+), pp' 5l+-55.A/35 / \o?- nnglish Annex Page 25 weapon weighi.n8 450 to 1,100 kilograrmcs of the sort snrrttr /rfrina ic nr :t,,*l1:.:r manuracLurjnF. r,arser burkier ""o niiJrt"r"'iJr"it j"ttJ;t;"rtl";;;"i" 4')uu kl-Logrannes could be delivered. by cornmercial aircraft or roilitary transports"Alternatively, eventual deveLopm.ent by South Africa of either short anh intermediaterange ballistic or cruise missiles for delivering well -pachaged sophisticatednuclear weapons is not to be precluded. g3/ 83/ The l4il-itary Bal-ance f979-1980 (l,ondon: Internati.onal- Tnstitute for Strategic Studies, 1980); Bochlin, "The Development and Deploynent of Nucl-ear I'leapons Systens in a Proliferating llorlcl", pp. f2-15.Al3j / \oP Annex Pa.ge 25 IV. SOUTH A!'RICA ' S NUCLEAR WEAPON CAICULAT]ONS A. South Africa's nil-itary and political posture ,+. The fundarental guideline underfying the foreign policy and nilitary strategy of the Republ-ic of south Africa fias fornu-Iated as follovs in that Government I s f9?? White Paper on defence: "the principle of the right of the white nation to self-determination is not subiect to discussion". U tw d'iscussion of South Afrj-ca!s nilitary and political postu.e, therefore, must start from the special -.il-rret irn nFF'lad h\r ana'r-hai^ h^t ^Fl1r in snlth Africa itself but in the region vJ s Pst:jj:j::, as a whofe. Traditioi E6iE-:pts of national security interests ' threat
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the military and nuclear capabilities of South Africa, with references to specific technologies and strategies. It also mentions the country's political and national security interests. Given the focus on military and nuclear issues, it is likely that the text is related to a specific aspect of international relations or national security.

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