How Nuclear Weapons Spread: Nuclear-Weapon Proliferation in the 1990s

by Barnaby,Frank

• ISBN13: 9780415076746
• ISBN10: 0415076749
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-04-15
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

How Nuclear Weapons Spreaddeals with the problem of nuclear proliferation from the perspective of the 1990s. This study represents the post-1989 approach to the redrawn military map of the world. Frank Barnaby incorporates the realities of the present global situation and assesses the developments that may occur in the next decade. He argues that nuclear proliferation has become much easier since the end of the East-West standoff and the break-up of the former Soviet Union. Barnaby demonstrates the intimate link between peaceful and military nuclear programs. He examines several Third World countries, including Israel, India and Pakistan, which have nuclear weapons or could very rapidly acquire them. He assesses the capabilities of countries such as Iran, Iraq and North Korea which are suspected of having nuclear-weapon ambitions. He also considers the alarming possibility that terrorists might obtain nuclear weapons and discusses methods for controlling their spread.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
The Link between Peaceful and Military Nuclear Programmes	p. 1
Nuclear Power in Electrical Energy Supply	p. 12
The Plutonium Economy and Highly-Enriched Uranium	p. 17
The Components of Nuclear and Thermonuclear Weapons	p. 27
Nuclear-Weapon Testing	p. 42
Dismantling Nuclear Weapons	p. 51
Disposing of Plutonium	p. 57
The Prospects for the Nuclear Arsenals	p. 64
India's Nuclear Programme	p. 68
Pakistan's Nuclear Programme	p. 75
Israel's Nuclear Programme	p. 80
Iraq's Nuclear-Weapon Programme	p. 86
North Korea's Nuclear Programme	p. 94
Argentina's Nuclear Programme	p. 100
Brazil's Nuclear Programme	p. 106
South Africa's Nuclear Programme	p. 111
Iran's Nuclear Programme	p. 114
Nuclear Proliferation to Sub-National Groups	p. 118
Preventing the Spread of Nuclear Weapons	p. 124
The Proliferation of Nuclear-Weapon Delivery Systems	p. 129
Appendix	p. 136
References	p. 143
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