The Argentine Condor missile was a multinational space research program started in the 1970s. It involved significant contract work being performed by German company MBB (now a group within Daimler AG), but later developed into a ballistic missiles program. Condor I The original Condor had little military capability but helped build expertise later used for the Alacrán missile program. The Alacrán program developed a functional short-range ballistic missile. Specifications (Condor I) Length: Maximum diameter: Stages: 1 Fuel: HTPB Guidance system: inertial Apogee: Range: Payload: Alacrán (Condor IAIII) The Alacrán missile was a short range ballistic missile derived from the Condor Missile Program. Derived from the Condor IAIII prototype, the Alacrán missile had shorter stabilization fins, an inertial guidance system, and a 1000CAP1 cluster warhead. Specifications (Condor IAIII - Alacrán) Length: Maximum diameter: Stages: 1 Fuel: HTPB Guidance system: inertial Apogee: Range: Warhead: 1000CAM1 cluster munition warhead, Condor II During and after the 1982 Falklands War (), France (which supplied missiles) placed an arms embargo on Argentina, causing the Argentine Air Force, under the command of Ernesto Crespo, to develop its own medium-range missile in the Condor II program. This program was undertaken in close collaboration with Egypt, and then Iraq (the Iraqi version was called BADR-2000), however it was discontinued in the early 1990s by President Carlos Menem because of political pressure from the United States. The missile was developed in Falda del Carmen, Córdoba Province. The Condor missile had a range of 800 km to 1,000 km and a 1000CAP1 500 kg cluster munition warhead. In 1997, the Argentine Air Force reported to the US Congress that it still possessed two of the missiles that were to be destroyed. Condor III There have been reports of a Condor III program. The Condor III would have an increased range to some with the same payload as the Condor II. See also Argentina and weapons of mass destruction References External links Condor 1-AIII Sounding rockets of Argentina Space programme of Argentina Short-range ballistic missiles Guided missiles of Argentina Abandoned military projects of Argentina Cancelled spacecraft Argentina–Germany relations Argentina–Egypt relations