Three South African firms pleaded “no contest” in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia in February 1997 to violating the U.S. arms embargo and United Nations sanctions against South Africa’s former…
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South Africa Missile and Nuclear Milestones – 1960-1995
1960s: South African Atomic Energy Board begins research on fissile material production. 1967: U.S.-supplied Safari-1 research reactor at Pelindaba Nuclear Research Center becomes operational; over the next ten years, the…
South Africa’s Nuclear Autopsy
During the past five years, South Africa has made an astonishing strategic turnaround, voluntarily giving up its nuclear arsenal and surrendering its long-range missile capability, all under pressure from the…
South Africa Gives Up Nukes and Missiles; Now Gets High-Tech Imports
South Africa is the only country in history to build nuclear weapons in secret and then dismantle them voluntarily. In July 1991, Pretoria stunned the world by announcing that it…