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South Africa's Nuclear Weapons Program

CNS Resources on South Africa's Nuclear Weapons Program

Organization of the Nuclear Weapons Program (mid-1980s)[1]

[1] Diagram based on description in Mark Hibbs, "South Africa’s Secret Nuclear Weapons Program: From a PNE to a Deterrent," NuclearFuel, May 10, 1993, p. 4. At this time, the Atomic Energy Corporation was a state-owned firm and Armscor was the state weapons production and procurement agency.

Michael Barletta and Christina Ellington, March 1999.
© Center for Nonproliferation Studies,
Monterey Institute of International Studies.

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