project hasbeenunderdevelopment sinceatleast 19~7inspiteIlfapromise by IsraelinMarch1987nottoenterintoanynewdefence contracts witl1South Africa. According totheSouthAfrican media, themodified vendoll ofthe Jericho IImissile was"capable ofcarrying anuclear wnrheac1". Itwasaddedthat "according toCIAandU.S.Defence Intelligence agents, theteslswereoCfarmore ominous nature andthejointSouthAfrican/Isl'aeli missile pl'ogn\lllme, believed to havestarted in1987,wasviewed 'withconcel·U'''. 3.1ThiswaB1I0tthefirstt.ime thatreports concerning nuclear militarycollaboration bet.wRell t.hp.twocountries havebeenwidelycirculated inthemedia, basedoninfollnutiou lecelved fromlhe intelligence community. Itshould berecalled thatin1117"ilfll.l1974thel"fiwele reports concerning theprepal"ation ofasite[oranUC1E!lH tl:!Bt:. f.IJll1Uwdetectiun oCClpossible nuclear explosion intheSouthAtlant.ic fPqilHl. 5.1staeIappears alsotohavebeeninvolvadilltheDJuwpipp.1fI.i.1:HileC',UHt,which ledt.othearrestoffiveSouthAfrican aqentsinParis. hccnnli.J19 t.OthepntSli, I~rae]deliv8l"ed weapons toanextremist Ul1ioniliL gro'Jp IIINOlt.hatu[nduud iu exchAPge formissile technology stolen fromtheShort8JothoJIl ploullulIeHnllt.. 'l'J1Q....6.\.mO.il.2. ...TJ,llegraph (London), of14May]989,st.ated that·.,f.lcc(Jl"(limJ toHdtish Government sources, Israel, whoseState-run weapons ind\lnl. ...y~hr"esl:lOIH!l.inks withAHMSCOR ofSouthAfrica, waskeentoacquire detaiJll o[theJlew~ttlrst.renk hJgh-velocit.y missile oftheUnit.eel Kingdom, hasp-clont.PI'hlllllll'JY pjllllfHHl'tl int.hf! •l)l..Blowpipe design. Theultimate goaloftheBlowpipe deal,whichinvolved South Africa andIsrael. wastoundertake jointdevelopment ofaseriesofhigh-speed missiles forusebybothground andairforcesofbothofthesecountries. Itwas further reported thatthePrimeMinister oftheUnited Kingdom wasplanning to bringthematter upataMay1989meeting withherIsraeli counterpart. 1/ 6.Duringtheconsultations onthe implementat~on oft.hearmsembargo against SouthAfrica bytheFederal Republic ofGermany. organized on27April1989bythe WorldCampaign against Military andNuclear Collaboration withSouthAfrica, in co-operation withtheSpecial Committee, itwasrevealed thatblueprints ofthe U-209submarine weredelivered toSouthAfrica bytwocompanies fromtheFederal Republic ofGermany viaIsrael. 7.TheroleoftheIsraeli Company Tadiran insupplying military equipment and technology toSouthAfricahasbeenamatterofconcern totheSpecial Committee foranumberofyears. TheUnitedStates Government wasreported tobe investigating theinvolvement ofTadiran inthesaleofmilitary equipment and technology toSouthAfrica. ~I 8.Thecontribution ofIsraeltothedevelopment ofSouthAfrica's naval technology wasalsodetected. Muchofthistechnology, withtheexception ofthe assistance ofPlessey oftheUnited Kingdom inthedevelopment ofaminehunter, hadoriginated inIsrael. Q/ 9.Israeli assistance toSouthAfricainthedevelopment ofthelatter'sail' forceisconcentrated inthreeareas. Thefirstareafocused onresearch concerning thedevelopment ofatwin-engine multi-role combataircraft. The so-called CAVAwouldreplace agingSouthAfrican aircraft suchasCanberras and Buccaneers. Itwasreported thatsevernl hundred Israeli designers andtechnicians recruited byARMSCORafterthecancellation oftheIsraeli Laviaircraft project wouldassistintheCAVAproject. According totheSunday Times(Johannesburg), of 14May1989,"Thecancelled Lavifighter [ofIsraal] wasinitially ajoint Israeli-South Africaproject, butSouthAfricaleftintheearlystages sothat IsraelcouldobtainU.S.aid". Thenewspaper quotedthestatement byMikeGaines, thedefence editoroftheBritish weekly, FlightInternational, that"SouthAfrica definitely hastheexpertise fortheproject butthepowerpl"l\\.sarestilla problem". ThereportalsostatedthatSouthAfrica"maintain:, .,juodIelations with Israel, Taiwan andChile". According toMr.Gaines, thereisnothing inthe arsenals ofthefront-line StatestomatchtheCAVA. Thesecondareaconcerned the co-operation between thetwocountries todevelop theCheetah airplane. South Africagainedexperience fromtheproject ofconverting itsoldMirageIIIinto Cheetah, whichwasalsodonewithIsraeli assistance. TheWorldCampaign against
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the military collaboration and technological exchange between Israel and South Africa, including the development of missiles, submarines, and aircraft. It also mentions the involvement of other countries, such as the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom. The focus is on the military and technological aspects of the relationship, rather than economic or social issues.

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