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The Vela incident was an unidentified double flash of light detected by an American Vela Hotel satellite on 22 September 1979 near the South African territory of Prince Edward Islands in the Indian Ocean, roughly midway between Africa and Antarctica.
On 22 September 1979 the Vela 5B satellite (also known as Vela 10 and IRON 6911 [14]) detected the characteristic double flash of an atmospheric nuclear explosion near the Prince Edward Islands. Still unsatisfactorily explained, this event has become known as the Vela incident .
In 1979, there was a detection of a putative covert nuclear test in the Indian Ocean, called the Vela incident. It has long been speculated that it was a test by Israel, in collaboration with and with the support of South Africa, though this has never been confirmed.
1979 Vela incident; First bomb with HEU core produced by AEC 1982 First deliverable bomb built; work on weapons safety 1985 Three-phase nuclear strategy reviewed 1987 First production bomb built; seven produced, with an eighth under construction 1988 Armscor prepares Vastrap for a nuclear test 1989 Nuclear weapons dismantled 1991 Accedes to NPT
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The Vela incident was an unidentified double flash of light detected by a partly functional, decommissioned American Vela Satellite on September 22, 1979, in the Indian Ocean (near the Prince Edward Islands off Antarctica). Sensors which could have recorded proof of a nuclear test were not functioning on this satellite.
Bhangmeter data collected during the Vela incident in 1979. The Vela satellites were the first space-based observation devices jointly developed by the U.S. Air Force and the Atomic Energy Commission. The first generation of Vela satellites were not equipped with bhangmeters but with X-ray sensors to detect the intense single pulse of X-rays ...
On 22 September 1979, one of the Vela satellites detected a double flash of light, consistent with a nuclear explosion, centered over the Prince Edward Islands. There still exists a great deal of contention about whether the detection was nuclear in origin. [9]