Article could probably use some more robust citations but they seem to be solid
http://www.nonproliferation.org/wp-content/uploads/npr/31pabian.pdf http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB181/sa34.pdf http://www.dfa.gov.za/foreign/Multilateral/africa/treaties/anwfz.htm http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5942:book-review-how-sa-built-six-atom-bombs-&catid=57:Book%20Reviews&Itemid=141 On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 10:11 AM, Katherine Maher <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >> > _______________________________________________ > 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/
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