e and defensive capabilities. Moreover, the program aimed to develop CBW, as well as provide conventional and covert support of CBW production, technology and industrial operations. In short, Project Coast included the research and production of offensive and defensive CBW weapons, which explicitly violated the BTWC agreement.</p>

<p>According to a paper by Burgess and Purkitt, <i>The Rollback of South Africa's Chemical and Biological Warfare Program</i>, Basson managed all aspects of Project Coast. His du