Deception Pakistan, the United States and the Secret Trade in Nuclear Weapons – Adrian Levy Beperkt Aanbod

On 15 December 1975, A. Q. Khan – a young Pakistani nuclear scientist working in Holland – stole top secret blueprints for a revolutionary new process to arm a nuclear bomb. His original intention was to provide for Pakistan a counter to India’s ongoing pursuit of an atomic bomb. But over time that ambition mushroomed into a vast nuclear black market sanctioned by Pakistan’s military elite – financed by aid money from the United States, Saudi Arabia and Libya, as well as boundless assistance from China. The…