Revisiting South Africa's Nuclear Weapons Program: Its

Revisiting South Africa's Nuclear Weapons Program: Its History, Dismantlement, and Lessons for Toda

In 1989, South Africa made the momentous decision to abandon its nuclear weapons, making it the first and still the only country that has produced nuclear weapons and given them up. Over thirty years, the apartheid regime had created a remarkably sophisticated capability to build nuclear weaponsâ€”both the nuclear warhead and advanced military systems to deliver them. The program was born in secret and remained so until its end. The government initially sought to dismantle it in secret. It hoped to avoid any negative international consequences of possessing nuclear weapons. The apartheid governmentâ€™s strategy did not work, because too many intelligence agencies knew about South Africaâ€™s nuclear weapons. Faced with intense pressure, South Africaâ€™s President F.W. de Klerk reversed course and adopted a policy of transparency in 1993. However, he decided to hide many of its aspects. Nonetheless, most of the remaining secrets emerged over the ensuing 25 years. Revisiting South Africa's Nuclear Weapons Program draws on previously secret information to provide the first comprehensive, technically-oriented look at South Africaâ€™s nuclear weapons program; how it grew, evolved, and ended. It also finds lessons for todayâ€™s nuclear proliferation cases.
Country USA
Brand Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Manufacturer CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781536845655
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Manufacturer	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781536845655
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Revisiting South Africa's Nuclear Weapons Program: Its History, Dismantlement, and Lessons for Toda