Belgium Supplied New Labs plutonium extraction plant Canada Supplied Kanupp power reactor including fuel and spare parts until 1976 China Supplied a tested bomb design and high-enriched uranium fuel Supplied…
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Pakistan Derives its First “Hatf” Missiles from Foreign Space Rockets
Pakistan’s ability to construct its Hatf missiles grew out of cooperation with NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), the American space agency, which helped Pakistan launch sounding rockets in the…
Pakistan’s A-Bomb Potential
The high-enriched uranium produced at the Kahuta gas centrifuge plant near Islamabad is suitable for bombs and free from international controls. International inspectors are not allowed to visit Kahuta, so…
Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan – The Father of the Islamic Bomb
Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan is the undisputed hero of Pakistan’s nuclear saga. Called “the father of the Islamic bomb,” Dr. Khan pioneered and led Pakistan’s effort to enrich uranium with…
Pakistan: The Path to High-Enriched Uranium
In the early 1970s, Pakistan began shopping for the equipment needed to convert the uranium found in nature to nuclear weapon grade, a process known as enrichment. By using imports…
India and Pakistan: New Missiles Increase the Risk of Nuclear War
In May, Pakistan’s President Farooq Leghari blamed India for starting a new arms race in South Asia that would “endanger peace in the region.” He warned that Islamabad would not…
Pakistan: U.S. Approves Most Nuclear-Related Exports
Less than 4 percent of U.S. applications to export nuclear dual-use equipment to Pakistan were denied from 1988 to 1992, according to a report published last year by the U.S….
Pakistan Needs Help to Make Plutonium and Tritium
Pakistan is building a secret reactor that closely resembles the reactor India used to make its first atomic bomb, a U.S. official says. The former head of Pakistan’s Atomic Energy…
Asia’s Nuclear Nightmare: The German Connection
The Washington Post June 10, 1990, p. C1 Despite the summit’s rosy afterglow, the risk of nuclear war is higher now than at any time in the past decade —…