How South Africa Built (and Then Dismantled) Its Nuclear Weapons
Steve Weintz
History, Africa
Acquiring fissile material is just half the nuclear secret.
Key Point: The nuclear program was not well understood—until now.
Apartheid-era South Africa had all the qualities necessary for a secret nuclear weapons program: an authoritarian government, a hostile international climate, a large and inventive arms industry and abundant deposits of uranium ore.
Like other nuclear states. South Africa early on acquired necessary technology... Читать дальше...
