Last-minute cancellation of the sale of D'Estienne d'Orves-class avisos and Agosta-class submarines by France.[3][4] The cancelation of the purchase of Saar 4 class missile boat from Israel, some of which had to be built covertly in South Africa instead. South Africa's inability to purchase modern fighter aircraft to counter Cuban MiG-23s over the SAAF in the South African Border War.[5] The growth of the modern day multibillion-dollar South African arms industry. The end of shipments by the United States of enriched uranium fuel for South Africa's SAFARI-1 research nuclear reactor.[6]