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Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Lebanon's Forgotten Rocket Program from the 1960s: Cedar 3
I thought I was pretty conversant with rocketry and missile programs in the Middle East, which at one time I covered, but this one is completely new to me: a BBC report on
Lebanon's Forgotten Space Programme,
back in the 1960s, long before Hizbullah's rockets. Now I find that
there was a lot of coverage of
the 50th anniversary of the first launch of the
Cedar 3
.
And
Haigazian University notes its role in the program
. These were nominally sounding rockets, but the Lebanese military did help support the program, and the US and Soviet "cultural attaches" attended the launches. A Google search turns up a lot more. (Note: the BBC report refers to "President Chebab." That should, of course, be
President Chehab
.)
UPDATE:
Video trailer for a recent film documentary:
Hat tips to Laurie King for the BBC link and Ted Swedenburg for the trailer link.
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