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A High-Risk Nuclear Stakeout(Pakistani nuke transfers to Libya)
Los Angeles Times ^
| 27/2/05
| Douglas Frantz
Posted on 02/27/2005 8:22:55 AM PST by sukhoi-30mki
A High-Risk Nuclear Stakeout The U.S. took too long to act, some experts say, letting a Pakistani scientist sell illicit technology well after it knew of his operation. By Douglas Frantz, Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON Nuclear warhead plans that Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan sold to Libya were more complete and detailed than previously disclosed, raising new concerns about the cost of Washington's watch-and-wait policy before Khan and his global black market were shut down last year. Two Western nuclear weapons specialists who have examined the top-secret designs say the hundreds of pages of engineering drawings and handwritten notes provide an excellent starting point for anyone trying to develop an effective atomic warhead. "This involved the spread of very sensitive nuclear knowledge, and it is the most serious form of proliferation," one of the specialists said. Both described the designs on condition that their names be withheld because the plans are classified.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
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Pakistan,Iran,Libya,North Korea China...Some rather distinguished members of the international community!!
To: sukhoi-30mki
and sKerry promised us that he would STOP our nuke bunker busters program if he had won the election...
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posted on
02/27/2005 8:27:51 AM PST
by
bitt
("Conservatism is the dominant political creed in America,")
To: piasa
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posted on
02/27/2005 8:15:21 PM PST
by
Fedora
To: sukhoi-30mki
But wait, Pakistan is America's most favoured non-Nato ally, isn't it?
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posted on
02/27/2005 10:33:32 PM PST
by
CarrotAndStick
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