The Vela Incident that South Africa was suspected of being a part of was basically dramatized for the West Wing in the fifth season, "The Warfare of Genghis Khan." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Warfare_of_Genghis_Khan
On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 10:27 AM, Victor Grigas <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > > -- Ed Erhart Editorial Associate Wikimedia Foundation
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