Revisiting South Africa S Nuclear Weapons Program
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Revisiting South Africa S Nuclear Weapons Program
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Author : David Albright
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2016-09-24
Revisiting South Africa S Nuclear Weapons Program written by David Albright and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-24 with National security categories.
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 weapons-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 government's strategy did not work, because too many intelligence agencies knew about South Africa's nuclear weapons. Faced with intense pressure, South Africa'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 Africa's nuclear weapons program; how it grew, evolved, and ended. It also finds lessons for today's nuclear proliferation cases.
Armament And Disarmament
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Author : Hannes Steyn
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2005
Armament And Disarmament written by Hannes Steyn and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Nuclear disarmament categories.
South Africa was the first nation in the world to renounce and destroy its top-secret nuclear weapons capability. Its government also eliminated the ability to produce and deliver these warheads. Because no one archived the official documentary evidence of the program, various writers and scholars, as well as the public at large, have been left to speculate-and forget-the activities that consumed billions of rands and years of dedication. Based on facts and first-hand perspectives, Armament and Disarmament offers intimate views from three participants in the nuclear weapons program. A larger picture emerges through their recollections, fulfilling the role of essential perspectives and documentation where official records no longer exist. Out of secrecy and a need-to-know philosophy, many involved in the program, both wittingly and unwittingly, were never briefed as to how their particular endeavors fit into the bigger scheme. Armament and Disarmament sheds light on the complexity of events surrounding the South African nuclear weapons program and brings tribute to the ingenuity and dedication of all those involved.
How South Africa Built Six Atom Bombs And Then Abandoned Its Nuclear Weapons Program
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Author : Al J. Venter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
How South Africa Built Six Atom Bombs And Then Abandoned Its Nuclear Weapons Program written by Al J. Venter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Political Science categories.
Out Of South Africa Pretoria S Nuclear Weapons Experience
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Author : Roy E. Horton
language : en
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Release Date : 1998
Out Of South Africa Pretoria S Nuclear Weapons Experience written by Roy E. Horton and has been published by DIANE Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with categories.
The primary focus of this paper is the impact of key South African leaders on the successful developments and subsequent rollbacks of South Africa's nuclear weapons capability. It highlights the key milestones in the development of South Africa's nuclear weapon capability. It also relates how different groups within South Africa (scientists, politicians, military and technocrats) interacted to successfully produce South Africa's nuclear deterrent. It emphasizes the pivotal influence of the senior political leadership to pursue nuclear rollback given the disadvantages of its nuclear means to achieve vital national interests. The conclusions drawn from flu's effort are the South African nuclear program was an extreme response to its own identity Crisis. Nuclear weapons became a means to achieving a long term end of a closer affiliation with the West. A South Africa yearning to be identified as a Western nation and receive guarantees of its security rationalized the need for a nuclear deterrent. The deterrent was intended to draw in Western support to counter a feared total onslaught by Communist forces in the region. Two decades later, that same South Africa relinquished its nuclear deterrent and reformed its domestic policies to secure improved economic and political integration with the West.
South Africa S Weapons Of Mass Destruction
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Author : Helen E. Purkitt
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2005-05-11
South Africa S Weapons Of Mass Destruction written by Helen E. Purkitt and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-05-11 with History categories.
A comprehensive history of the development and dismantling of South Africa's weapons of mass destruction program.
Nuclear Proliferation In South Africa
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Author : Lucky E. Asuelime
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-06-06
Nuclear Proliferation In South Africa written by Lucky E. Asuelime and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-06 with Political Science categories.
This book investigates drivers and trends in nuclear proliferation in the Global South. Based on an in-depth analysis of South Africa’s nuclear history, it examines general causes of proliferation, such as technical capabilities and constraints; a country’s motivation to build a nuclear bomb; and particular domestic and international situations. It also highlights Britain’s role in the development of technological capability in South Africa and explains how nuclear weapons influence international relations. Finally, the study offers effective solutions to the problem of nuclear proliferation in developing countries.
The Bomb
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Author : Nic Von Wielligh
language : en
Publisher: Litera Publications
Release Date : 2015
The Bomb written by Nic Von Wielligh and has been published by Litera Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Nuclear disarmament categories.
South Africa's Bomb kept the world guessing for years. Six-and-a- half nuclear bombs had been secretly built and destroyed, former South African President F.W. de Klerk announced in 1993. No other country has ever voluntarily destroyed its nuclear arsenal. From 1975 Nic von Wielligh was involved in the production of nuclear weapons material, the dismantling of the nuclear weapons and the provision of evidence of South Africa's bona fides to the international community. The International Atomic Energy Agency declared South Africa's Initial Report to be the most comprehensive and professional that they had ever received. In this book the nuclear physicist and his daughter Lydia von Wielligh-Steyn tell the gripping story of the splitting of the atom and the power it releases. It is an account of ground-breaking research and the scientists responsible; it deals with uranium enrichment, the arms race and South Africa's secret programme. The Bomb: South Africa's nuclear programme is a story of nuclear explosions, espionage, smuggling of nuclear materials and swords that became ploughshares.
Out Of South Africa
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Author : Roy E. Horton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Out Of South Africa written by Roy E. Horton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Nuclear nonproliferation categories.
The primary focus of this paper is the impact of key South African leaders on the successful developments and subsequent rollbacks of South Africa's nuclear weapons capability. It highlights the key milestones in the development of South Africa's nuclear weapon capability. It also relates how different groups within South Africa (scientists, politicians, military and technocrats) interacted to successfully produce South Africa's nuclear deterrent. It emphasizes the pivotal influence of the senior political leadership to pursue nuclear rollback given the disadvantages of its nuclear means to achieve vital national interests. The conclusions drawn from flu's effort are the South African nuclear program was an extreme response to its own identity Crisis. Nuclear weapons became a means to achieving a long term end of a closer affiliation with the West. A South Africa yearning to be identified as a Western nation and receive guarantees of its security rationalized the need for a nuclear deterrent. The deterrent was intended to draw in Western support to counter a feared total onslaught by Communist forces in the region. Two decades later, that same South Africa relinquished its nuclear deterrent and reformed its domestic policies to secure improved economic and political integration with the West.
Israel And The Bomb
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Author : Avner Cohen
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 1999
Israel And The Bomb written by Avner Cohen and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Israel categories.
In the first detailed account of Israel's nuclear record, Cohen forges an interpretive political history, drawing on thousands of American and Israeli once-classified documents.
Taiwan S Former Nuclear Weapons Program
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Author : Andrea Stricker
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2018-11-14
Taiwan S Former Nuclear Weapons Program written by Andrea Stricker and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-14 with Nuclear nonproliferation categories.
Thirty years ago, in 1988, the United States secretly moved to end once and for all Taiwan's nuclear weapons program, just as it was nearing the point of being able to rapidly break out to build nuclear weapons. Because intense secrecy has followed Taiwan's nuclear weapons program and its demise, this book is the first account of that program's history and dismantlement. Taiwan's nuclear weapons program made more progress and was working on much more sophisticated nuclear weapons than publicly recognized. It came dangerously close to fruition. Taipei excelled at the misuse of civilian nuclear programs to seek nuclear weapons and implemented capabilities to significantly reduce the time needed to build them, following a decision to do so. Despite Taiwan's efforts to hide these activities, the United States was able to gather incriminating evidence that allowed it to act, effectively denuclearizing a dangerous, destabilizing program, that if left unchecked, could have set up a potentially disastrous confrontation with the People's Republic of China (PRC). The Taiwan case is rich in findings for addressing today's nuclear proliferation challenges.