Overberg is a region in South Africa to the east of Cape Town beyond the Hottentots-Holland mountains. It lies along the Western Cape Province 's south coast between the Cape Peninsula and the region known as the Garden Route in the east. The boundaries of the Overberg are the Hottentots-Holland mountains in the West; the Riviersonderend Mountains , part of the Cape Fold Belt , in the North; the Atlantic and Indian Oceans in the South and the Breede River in the East.
6-504: The Denel Overberg Test Range is a weapons systems testing facility in the Overberg region on the south coast of South Africa, near Arniston, Western Cape . It includes launch pads and tracking systems. It was used to test the RSA series of Israeli-South African missiles until cancellation in 1992; since then it has been used by a variety of countries and clients. Until 31 March 2011, it
12-406: A large diversity of flowering plants not found anywhere else in the fynbos biome . The major towns are Hermanus , Caledon , Bredasdorp , Grabouw and Swellendam and the region includes Cape Agulhas , the southernmost point of Africa . The landscape is dominated by gently to moderately undulating hills enclosed by mountains and the ocean. The name, derived from Over 't Berg , means "over
18-733: The breadbasket of the Cape and is largely given to grain farming — mainly wheat. The wheat fields are a major breeding ground for South Africa 's national bird, the blue crane . Another important crop in the Overberg is fruit, with the Elgin Valley producing about 60 percent of the total annual apple crop of about 819 000 tonnes (2012 data). Nestled in the Overberg, one can find the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve (recognised and registered with UNESCO ) populated with
24-552: The design process. Instrumentation includes: The site was notably used for test launches of the RSA series of missiles, including the joint Israeli-South African RSA-3 Intermediate-range ballistic missile in 1989 and 1990. Development of this military programme was cancelled 1992 however. Testing for the South African civil space programme continued at the site for another year before also being cancelled in 1993. Since then
30-482: The facility has served a number of foreign clients, including: Testing at the site focuses predominantly on flight performance rather than the destructive capability of weapon systems. Consequently missile test flights are typically conducted with dummy warheads or instrument packs rather than live weapons. The following types of tests can be performed: while the following types of data are provided to clients: Overberg The area has always been considered as
36-604: Was known as simply the Overberg Test Range or OTB ( Afrikaans abbreviation for Overberg Toetsbaan ). Facilities at the site include missile launch pads, tracking radar, optical missile tracking systems, cinetheodolites as well as the use of Overberg Air Force Base , home of the South African Air Force Test Flight and Development Centre . The layout appears to mirror the testing site at Palmachim , suggesting Israeli input in
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