Hmm, I went back and looked at the original sources for the citation. Maybe worth a closer read to the article and citations. I could have missed it!
mobile. On Mar 22, 2016 06:04, "Victor Grigas" <[email protected]> wrote: > Looks like weapons and weapons program? > > > https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#Dismantling > > South Africa ended its nuclear weapons programme in 1989. All the bombs > (six constructed and one under construction) were dismantled and South > Africa acceded to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons > <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_on_the_Non-Proliferation_of_Nuclear_Weapons> > when > South African Ambassador to the United States Harry Schwarz > <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Schwarz> signed the treaty in > 1991. On 19 August 1994, after completing its inspection, the International > Atomic Energy Agency > <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Atomic_Energy_Agency> (IAEA) > confirmed that one partially completed and six fully completed nuclear > weapons had been dismantled. As a result, the IAEA was satisfied that > South Africa's nuclear programme had been converted to peaceful > applications. Following this, South Africa joined the Nuclear Suppliers > Group <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Suppliers_Group> (NSG) as > a full member on 5 April 1995. South Africa played a leading role in the > establishment of the African Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Treaty > <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Nuclear_Weapon_Free_Zone_Treaty>(also > referred to as the Treaty of Pelindaba) in 1996, becoming one of the first > members in 1997. South Africa also signed theComprehensive > Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty > <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_Nuclear-Test-Ban_Treaty> in > 1996 and ratified <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratification> it in > 1999. > > On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 12:10 AM, Katherine Maher <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Close read looks like not weapons, but weapons program. >> >> On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 8:34 PM, Jeff Elder <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Will post. Thanks, Victor! >>> >>> >>> On Saturday, March 19, 2016, Victor Grigas <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> South Africa is the only nation to develop its own nuclear weapons and >>>> then dismantle them >>>> >>>> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Social-media mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Jeff Elder >>> Digital communications manager >>> Wikimedia Foundation >>> 704-650-4130 >>> @jeffelder <https://twitter.com/JeffElder> >>> @wikipedia <https://twitter.com/wikipedia> >>> The Wikimedia blog <https://blog.wikimedia.org/> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Social-media mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Katherine Maher >> >> Wikimedia Foundation >> 149 New Montgomery Street >> San Francisco, CA 94105 >> >> +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 >> +1 (415) 712 4873 >> [email protected] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Social-media mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> >> > > > -- > > *Victor Grigas* > Storyteller <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/WPZeroPetition> and > Video Content Producer > Wikimedia Foundation > [email protected] > https://donate.wikimedia.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > >
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