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…
Nuclear
This is a list of the Wisconsin Project’s work related to nuclear weapons. One nuclear weapon could kill millions and destroy the natural environment. It is the most dangerous weapon on earth. Preventing the spread of technology and material that can be used in such weapons is the Wisconsin Project’s founding mission and our ongoing objective.
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…
China: List of Top U.S.-Controlled Exports to China in 1995
China imported a total of $486 million worth of Commerce-controlled dual-use products from the United States in 1995. Computers were the biggest single dollar item, followed by chemical precursors. The…
China Aims to Project its Power, Says Ambassador James R. Lilley
James R. Lilley, currently director of Asian Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, served as Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China from 1989 to 1991, and Ambassador to the…
China’s Cynical Calculation
The New York Times April 24, 1995, p. A17 Secretary of State Warren Christopher could hardly have been surprised when China announced that it would sell Iran a nuclear reactor…
Brazil Shops for Help With a Nuclear Submarine
Brazil is trying to buy a sintering furnace for its nuclear submarine program, U.S. and industry officials say. The special projects branch of Brazilian navy, COPESP, wants to use the…
Testimony: The Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Testimony of Gary Milhollin Professor, University of Wisconsin Law School and Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control Before the House Committee on National Security Subcommittee on Military Procurement and…
India Moves from Smuggling to Exporting Heavy Water
India’s nuclear program requires a steady stream of heavy water, which looks and tastes like ordinary water but is used to run reactors that make plutonium. In the past, India…