From the introduction:<p>> Today, most independent researchers believe that the 1979 [Vela Incident] flash was caused by a nuclear explosion — perhaps an undeclared nuclear test carried out by South Africa and Israel.
Oh, wow. Didn’t realise that GPS satellites were equipped with Bhangmeters, used to detect flashes caused by nuclear detonations. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhangmeter" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhangmeter</a>
I am South African but only born in ‘82 so was unaware of this incident.<p>However, I recall an incident of a South African Airways crash in ‘87 [1] which unsubstantiated theories stated were carrying nuclear materials or something.<p>[1]: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Airways_Flight_295" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Airways_Flight_2...</a>
How did South Africa and Israel end up as bedfellows here? From a common love of apartheid? Apart from that, they seemed to be in quite different geopolitical positions.