f acility i.^rith an even higher caFacit-r.. .lrurthernore , it has access at .l]ome to tne technica, skr Ll and exl,errise needed for a:.ilitary r'-rclear prorlamlT.e. 3ecause of its growing enrichment capacity South Africa's lach of access to a nucl€ar reactor designed to proouce pfutoniurn irj not an obstacle' BB. Critical details about South Afri.ca's unsafeguarclcd :nrichr,ent facility i,nd its -se lre hiEhly closci'ied by that colntry. llra.t 'nakes it difficult to assess to the ful-1 extent South Africa's actual developnent and capability in the n il if nrrr ni,.'laAr I-iald ni^-c.'nr'. -f a -F'^rl.F,l 'rr'. a'F iJFFno r t.e!t sii,e in t.Le r.-Lrr Lof,J rrJlvYliJ :-eIahEr-i dese|t in l?rT strongly suJge.ts [har nrelaraLicn lor a nuc]ear explosive device test vas under r,'ai' in South Ar:cica in 1977. 'ihe cvert af 22 SeEtember 19?9, r"'ithout a scientificaliy undispuiable explanation ' further stTengthened suspicions in the vorfd ccrtunurtity of South Africa's plans and intentions, Bt' August f977, South Africa could have ha"d sufficient material to ;nake a fission romb, and by nid-1p79 it could hav€ produced sulficient weapon- .-ra,1c uraniru. for it -.east a :er nu:leer tcatonn.t'./35/t+a? ;,ne;.Ii sh Ann3x