In the 1950s, China began to build an array of nuclear facilities to produce both high-enriched uranium and plutonium for atomic bombs. Within 15 years, China had mastered each phase…
Analysis
The Wisconsin Project’s reports track WMD programs and the companies supplying them. In op-eds and articles, we argue for strict enforcement of strategic trade controls to inhibit proliferation.
China: U.S. Companies Sell Dual-Use Nuclear Equipment
American companies are not allowed to build reactors and other specialized nuclear facilities in China because Washington has never ratified its 1985 nuclear cooperation agreement with Beijing. U.S. exporters, however,…
China’s Stockpile of Bomb Fuel
China enriched the uranium for its first atomic bomb in 1964 at the Lanzhou gaseous diffusion plant in Gansu province. In the 1970s, a second, much larger, plant was built…
Testimony: China’s Military Growth and Implications for the United States
Testimony of Gary Milhollin by Gerard White Assistant Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs October…
Pakistan: American, Chinese or French Planes Would Deliver its Bomb
If nuclear war broke out tomorrow in South Asia, Pakistan would probably rely on foreign-supplied planes to deliver atomic bombs. Pakistan is building M-11 missiles with parts supplied by China…
Pakistan Needs Foreign Help to Develop Missiles
Pakistan’s lack of modern industry makes it greatly dependent on outside sources for its missile program. It must buy rocket propellant, guidance components and design and testing equipment, U.S. officials…
Pentagon Urges Reduction in Controls on Supercomputers
The Defense Department is urging other federal agencies to agree to a sharp reduction in existing controls on the export of supercomputers. The Pentagon’s position is based on a study…
Pakistan: Nuclear Helpers
Belgium Supplied New Labs plutonium extraction plant Canada Supplied Kanupp power reactor including fuel and spare parts until 1976 China Supplied a tested bomb design and high-enriched uranium fuel Supplied…
Pakistan Derives its First “Hatf” Missiles from Foreign Space Rockets
Pakistan’s ability to construct its Hatf missiles grew out of cooperation with NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), the American space agency, which helped Pakistan launch sounding rockets in the…
Japan Should Refuse American Pressure to Decontrol Supercomputers
English language version of article appearing in Yomiuri Shimbun September 28, 1995 The United States is getting ready to pressure Japan into lowering export controls on supercomputers, the most powerful…