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A Q Khan offered to build N-bomb for Saddam: WPT

A Q Khan offered to build N-bomb for Saddam: WPT

Rediff.com10 Mar 2010

An agent linked to disgraced Pakistani scientist A Q Khan had offered Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in 1990 that they could build an atomic bomb for him in three years under a US $ 150 million "nuclear package deal," according to a new book.

Pak's fourth reactor at Khushab nuclear site operational

Pak's fourth reactor at Khushab nuclear site operational

Rediff.com17 Jan 2015

Pakistan's fourth heavy water reactor at Khushab nuclear site which allows it to build a larger number of miniaturised plutonium-based nuclear weapons now appears to be operational, a US think-tank has said.

India not transparent about its fissile material stocks: US think tank

India not transparent about its fissile material stocks: US think tank

Rediff.com3 Nov 2015

India had enough weapons-grade plutonium by 2014 to possess an estimated arsenal of 75 to 125 nuclear weapons, according to a prominent US-based think-tank.

Kim's Nuclear Games of Smoke and Mirrors

Kim's Nuclear Games of Smoke and Mirrors

Rediff.com25 Jul 2018

Is North Korea really dismantling its nuclear programme? Rajaram Panda explains the many challenges to denuclearise the Korean Peninsula.