Key events in the lead up to and the aftermath of the Iraq war December 1988: Libyan terrorists bomb PanAm flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people. April 1999: U.N. suspends…
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Libya’s Nuclear Update – 2004
On December 19th, the Libyan government reversed course and announced a plan to dismantle all of its programs for making mass destruction weapons and to allow immediate international inspections of…
Libya Nuclear/Missile Milestones – 1996-2000
April 1996: Libya announces that it has no intention of acquiring nuclear weapons and signs a treaty declaring a nuclear-free zone in Africa. October 1997: Russia announces that it is…
Libya Chemical Milestones – 1970-1995
1970: Libya tries to buy an atomic bomb from China. 1979: German engineers from OTRAG rocket firm start work on a medium-range missile in the Libyan desert. 1983: Soviet-supplied research…
Libya’s Nuclear Research is Centered at Tajura
Libya operates a Soviet-supplied research reactor at the Tajura Nuclear Research Center, located about 60 kilometers east of Tripoli. The 10-megawatt reactor started operation in 1983 and is open to…
Libya Has Trouble Building the Most Deadly Weapons
For more than twenty years, Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi has tried to buy or build weapons of mass destruction. He has succeeded in making poison gas, but has failed to…
Libya’s Soviet-Supplied Delivery Systems
Libya has Soviet-supplied Scud and Frog missiles and is trying to build its own heavy missile, the Al-Fatah. The most likely delivery system for Libya’s chemical weapons, however, would be…
Poison Gas Laws: Still Leaking
The New York Times March 25, 1990, Section 4, Page 19 When Libya’s poison-gas plant burned down last week, many people were relieved. Instead, they should have been horrified –…