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Nuclear Pakistan

Monday, December 03, 2007

Pakistan has built a nuclear arsenal with the tacit aid of the US and Europe. Now that military extremist factions are on the rise in Pakistan, the US could end up regretting that aid. David Armstrong and Joseph Trento have co-authored a new book called America and the Islamic Bomb: The Deadly Compromise.

America and the Islamic Bomb is available for purchase at amazon.com


Comments

  • [1] Ashraf from Rockland County December 03, 2007 - 12:18PM

    It's the US that started and actually used the A-bomb. The US is continuing to develop tactical nuclear weapons and worse. The Genie is out of the bottle and it's not going back in.
  • [2] Eric from B'klyn December 03, 2007 - 12:30PM

    Slightly off topic, but last week 3 men were arrested trying to sell nuclear materials to a non-state buyer. Do your guests have any thoughts on this?
  • [3] Dave Bennett from Mahwah, NJ December 03, 2007 - 12:56PM

    Dear Leonard;

    Don't be so skeptical of metallurgists running nuclear programs.

    A main branch of metallurgy has extractive metallurgists responsible for obtaining valuable fractions of metals from ores provided by mining engineers. The technology of centrifuging or using chemical engineering and/or pyro-metallurgy (as in turning iron ore into steel) involves major involvement by large companies or governments and has many economic parallels with the oil industry. Metallurgists are trained to develop and manage uranium and bomb programs as well or better than many other engineers and scientists.

    David Bennett

    Corrosion and Materials Engineer - another branch of metallurgy

    201-529-4196


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