Building a nuclear weapon has never been easier. NATO's Michael
Ruhle provides step-by-step instructions for going nuclear, from
discretely
collecting material to minimizing the fallout when caught. These simple
steps have worked for the likes of Israel, Pakistan, and North Korea,
among others. The nuclear club is open to your country, too.
Tired of being bossed around? Want your neighbors
to treat you with more respect? Want to play in the majors? If so, you have to
have your own nukes.
Impossible? Not really.
Granted, if your country is a signatory of the Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT),
as most countries are, the constraints on your bomb building are considerable.
Inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are difficult to
circumvent. And the IAEA can no longer be fooled as easily as in the 1980s, when
it failed to uncover Saddam Hussein’s military nuclear program in Iraq despite
regular inspections.
The IAEA’s increased awareness means that you have to be
imaginative. Here are some steps to consider.
First, begin developing a civilian nuclear program. Under
the NPT, you are not only entitled to a civilian nuclear program, you may even
ask for help from the IAEA. The IAEA will provide you with the basic
ingredients and much of the know-how for a military program. Moreover, you can
legally buy reactor fuel, and thus do not have to acquire it by performing
hair-raising stunts like those the Israelis pulled in 1968, when they had to
hijack a ship carrying uranium after France stopped its supplies.
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