Libya N. Korea Argentina's Ballistic Missile programme grew out of its Condor space research programme of the late 1970s and demonstrated how a military ballistic missile programme can be developed from a civilian space launch capability. These programmes produced three missiles, the Condor 1 and 2 and the Alacran. The Alacran's first test launch was reported in 1989, and it is thought that it entered service in the early 1990s.
Development is believed to be continuing.
The Condor 2 programme was started in Argentina in 1982, funded by Egypt from 1984 to 1989 and by Iraq from 1985 to 1989. The system was designated the Vector in Egypt and the Badr 2000 in Iraq. In April 1990, under pressure from the United States, the Argentinean government announced that the project had been shelved due to rising costs. Although Egypt is believed to have terminated its work on the Vector, Iraq is thought to have continued its development of the Badr 2000 using Pakistani technicians up until the beginning of the Gulf War in 1990. Since the end of Gulf War, reports have appeared suggesting that Iraqi technicians are working in Libya to revive the programme.