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2005-12-28 India-Pakistan

Nuclear Material Joins Banned Export List

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Posted by Steve 2005-12-28 10:26|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted?

AQ Khan has already sold or traded nuclear weapon designs to North Korea, Iran, Libya, Saudi

And given the reliance of Pak nuke weapons program on imported parts, some form of the black market network must still exist....

Still, a bit better than the days when AQ Khan published color brochures offering nuke tech

From 2004 article...
Pakistan faced embarrassment yesterday with the publication of a sales brochure from its top-secret nuclear facility, apparently hawking technology and components to would-be nuclear powers.

The brochure from the AQ Khan Research Laboratories, the centre of Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme, has an official-looking seal on the cover saying "Government of Pakistan".

Its publication in The New York Times yesterday undercuts Islamabad's claims that any transfer of its nuclear technology to rogue states has been the work of individuals.

Posted by john 2005-12-28 12:54|| 2005-12-28 12:54|| Front Page Top

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