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I know - but that wasn't the argument being made

• sangnoir 8y ago
  It is relevant though, because the political calculus between South Africa and its neighbors changed with the handover to the ANC. There were a lot of skirmishes between South Africa's apartheid government and its neighbors that supported/harbored the ANC military wing. Asking why South Africa developed nukes in the first place and why it voluntarily gave them up can provide a useful template for denuclearization. Aside: the fissile material is still stockpiled and there was a break-in attempt at the storage facility a few years ago