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2 unusual facts about South Africa and weapons of mass destruction


South Africa and weapons of mass destruction

In 1969, a pair of senior South African scientists met with Sültan Mahmoud, a nuclear engineer from Pakistan based at the University of Birmingham, to conduct studies, research and independent experiments on uranium enrichment.

David Albright and Chris McGreal have claimed that South African projects to develop nuclear weapons during the 1970s and 1980s were undertaken with some cooperation from Israel.


TATB

According to David Albright, South Africa's nuclear weapons used TATB to increase their safety.


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