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Fascinating! Space programs post ~1970 are one thing, but they reached orbit by 1963! That would make them third in the world after USSR and US. I'm surprised I haven't heard of this before - I'll definitely be watching the documentary mentioned here, "The Lebanese Rocket Society".

I don't care for the writing of this article though, a bit fluffy and scant on information. And does anyone know what this is referring to?

> The Lebanese Army and what remained of the Rocket Society would go on to launch another rocket, the Cedar-10, and western powers decisively stepped in to end Lebanon’s experiment once and for all.

>>> The Cedar-8 rocket had nearly hit a British naval cruiser in the Mediterranean.

It seems they had no way to know where these things would land, or if they did, had no way to communicate to state actors of hazard zones ?

I'd love to know more.

>>> "By 1965, I realised that the Lebanese military’s interest had changed from scientific research for peaceful exploration of space, to rockets as an instrument of war.”

Due dilligence applies to all endeavors. Accepting VC money, or accepting government money, it still requires some work.