Well this is why Libya's decision probably makes Iraq worth it. We found a lot of shit out when going into Libya and the biggest thing was that nations no longer need a "nuclear program" to go nuclear. They just buy the parts from various countries and no need to have a "program", no need to have international nuclear inspectors around to monitor what you do.
China sold plans to Pakistan and Pakistan put those plans on the market. Pakistan sells you the plans and one part, Malaysia sells you another part, Iran sells you the fissionable material, and suddenly fuckin'
Libya can go nuclear. So the shit may already have hit the fan and we don't know it.
WaPo February via
Belmont Club, who is the most pessimistic blogger on nukes:
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Investigators have discovered that the nuclear weapons designs obtained by Libya through a Pakistani smuggling network originated in China, exposing yet another link in a chain of proliferation that stretched across the Middle East and Asia, according to government officials and arms experts. ...
The packet of documents, some of which included text in Chinese, contained detailed, step-by-step instructions for assembling an implosion-type nuclear bomb that could fit atop a large ballistic missile. They also included technical instructions for manufacturing components for the device, the officials and experts said.
"It was just what you'd have on the factory floor. It tells you what torque to use on the bolts and what glue to use on the parts," one weapons expert who had reviewed the blueprints said in an interview. He described the designs as "very, very old" but "very well engineered."
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