Roodeplaat Research Laboratories

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Roodeplaat Research Laboratories
HeadquartersSouth Africa

Roodeplaat Research Laboratories (RRL) (Afrikaans: Roodeplaat Navorsings Laboratoriums) was a front company established in 1983 by the South African Defence Force to research, test and produce biological weapons within a covert operation known as Project Coast.[1][2]

The Agricultural Research Council - Plant Protection Research Institute is now situated on this location.

Other SADF front organisations[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ http://www.nti.org/e_research/profiles/SAfrica/Biological/2432_3538.html
  2. ^ "Project Coast: Apartheid's Chemical and Biological Warfare Programme" (PDF). United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research. pp. 77–109. Retrieved 29 October 2018.

Coordinates: 25°36′54″S 28°21′55″E / 25.61500°S 28.36528°E / -25.61500; 28.36528