ZAF - RSA-2

RSA-2 - dual stage ballistic missile with doletom to 1900 km, capable of niesť konvenčnú, or nukleárnu charge.


In the 70's. rokoch 20. day prebiehala intenzívna spolupráca between Izraelom and Juhoafrickou republic on raketovom and nukleárnom program (so the involvement of aj another štátov, eg. Iran and Taiwan). JAR provide pre Israel my priestory on testovanie rakiet and urán pre needs nukleárneho research (and production of weapons), and Israel provided the necessary technológie. Výsledkom cooperation bol missile, kozmický and nuclear program oboch štátov - in Izraely ballistic missiles YA-3 and kozmický carrier Shavit, in a JAR of ballistic missiles, the RSA-2 (and the RSA-1) and kozmický carrier / ballistic missile dlhého-range RSA-3. Both states at the same time skonštruovali aj nukleárne guns - in the JAR it boli aerial bombs and experimentálne head pre ballistic missiles (nukleárne bombs sa put in the necessary upraviť pre použitie ako head rakiet). In 80-tych rokoch skonštruovali technicians JAR time 5 nukleárnych bômb with účinkom ekvivalentným 10-18 kt of TNT. Each bomb bola dlhá 1.8 m and mala priemer 65 cm. Hmotnosť bombs reached 1000 kg and contained 55 kg obohateného uránu. Ochre prescribed 5 bômb boli skonštruované aj two warheads to pre rocket, one charge was used pri skúšobnom jadrovom explosion.


Späť to rockets - in the framework of the program of Arniston in cooperation with the Izraelom bola in 80-tych rokoch tested dual stage ballistic missile with doletom to 1900 km marked ako RSA-2 (Republic of South Africa). It is possible that the ide about the upravenú kópiu (or upravenú licenčnú production) Izraelskej missiles YA-3, ktorej development prebiehal parallel. Osamostatnením first stupňa that the rockets originated ballistic missile RSA-1 with doeltom 1100 km. Both the rockets mali nosnosť 1000 kg (pridaním 3 stupňa vznikol kozmický carrier / balsitická rocket dlhého-range RSA-3).


The salient role of rakiet RSA-1 and RSA-2 bolo odstrašenie threats to attack the communist režimov in Angola and Mozambique, supported by Cuba and štátmi Varšavskej zmluvy on the JAR. The rockets could even obmedzene used aj ako kozmické carriers.


Development and production of rakiet boli mortgaged in the half year 1993 (RSA-3 and projected medzikontinentálna ballistic missile RSA-4 in 1994).







Source: usa.agentura.ru
Luke Visingr, Štepán Kotrba: Ballistic missiles of the club of outcasts, ATM 01/2009, ISSN 1802-4823 .

South African missile RSA-2
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