How nuclear weapons spread [[electronic resource] ] : nuclear-weapon proliferation in the 1990s / / Frank Barnaby

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450793303321
• Autore: Barnaby Frank
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1993
• ISBN: 1-280-32609-3; 0-203-28422-4; 0-203-16832-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (140 p.)
• Collana: Operational level of war
• Disciplina: 327.1/74
• Soggetti: Nuclear nonproliferation; Nuclear weapons; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-144) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; SERIES TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 THE LINK BETWEEN PEACEFUL AND MILITARY NUCLEAR PROGRAMMES; 2 NUCLEAR POWER IN ELECTRICAL ENERGY SUPPLY; 3 THE PLUTONIUM ECONOMY AND HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUN; 4 THE COMPONENTS OF NUCLEAR AND THERMONUCLEAR WEAPONS; 5 NUCLEAR-WEAPON TESTING; 6 DISMANTLING NUCLEAR WEAPONS; 7 DISPOSING OF PLUTONIUM; 8 THE PROSPECTS FOR THE NUCLEAR ARSENALS; 9 INDIA'S NUCLEAR PROGRAMME; 10 PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAMME; 11 ISRAEL'S NUCLEAR PROGRAMME; 12 IRAQ'S NUCLEAR-WEAPON PROGRAMME; 13 NORTH KOREA'S NUCLEAR PROGRAMME; 14 ARGENTINA'S NUCLEAR PROGRAMME15 BRAZIL'S NUCLEAR PROGRAMME; 16 SOUTH AFRICA'S NUCLEAR PROGRAMME; 17 IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAMME; 18 NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION TO SUB-NATIONAL GROUPS; 19 PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF NUCLEAR WEPONS; 20 THE PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPON DELIVERY SYSTEMS; APPENDIX; REFERENCES
• Sommario/riassunto: In How Nuclear Weapons Spread, Frank Barnaby examines the far-reaching effects - both beneficial and detrimental - of nuclear ; weapons. He looks in detail at the nuclear programmes of Third World countries, including India, Israel and Pakistan which have or could very rapidly acquire nuclear weapons, and assesses the nuclear capabilities of countries such as Iran, Iraq and North Korea. He also considers the alarming possibility that terrorists might obtain nuclear weapons, and considers methods of controlling their spread.