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And how many new nuclear powers are there since North Korea? I can not think of any.
by hef19898 4y ago
And how many new nuclear powers are there since North Korea? I can not think of any.
- alephnerd 4y agoLibya and Syria both contracted with Khan Labs before the whistle was blown in 2003. Iran is almost one.
- hef19898 4y agoNeither Libya nor Syria have them, do they? And Iran was close, but the treaty (the one the last US admin tore appart) stopped them for the time being.
- alephnerd 4y agoLibya does not due to sanctions and diplomacy in 2003 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disarmament_of_Libya https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disarmament_of_Libya Syria does not due to Israeli airstrikes in 2007 and sanctions until the Civil War began - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Outside_the_Box https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Outside_the_Box Iran has started building again - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/01/world/middleeast/iran-missile-program-israel.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/01/world/middleeast/iran-mis... None of what you are saying even contravenes my larger point though