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Nukes go open source
From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:36:34 -0400
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/14/AR2008061402 032_pf.html Smugglers Had Design For Advanced Warhead By Joby Warrick Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, June 15, 2008; A01 An international smuggling ring that sold bomb-related parts to Libya, Iran <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/countries/iran.html?nav=el> and North <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/countries/korea.html?nav=el> Korea also managed to acquire blueprints for an advanced nuclear weapon, according to a draft report by a former top U.N. <http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/United+Nations?tid=informli ne> arms inspector that suggests the plans could have been shared secretly with any number of countries or rogue groups. The drawings, discovered in 2006 on computers owned by Swiss businessmen, included essential details for building a compact nuclear device that could be fitted on a type of ballistic missile used by Iran and more than a dozen developing countries, the report states. The computer contents -- among more than 1,000 gigabytes of data seized -- were recently destroyed by Swiss authorities under the supervision of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency, which is investigating the now-defunct smuggling ring previously led by Pakistani scientist Abdul <http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Abdul+Khan?tid=informline> Qadeer Khan. But U.N. officials cannot rule out the possibility that the blueprints were shared with others before their discovery, said the report's author, David <http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/David+Albright?tid=informli ne> Albright, a prominent nuclear weapons expert who spent four years researching the smuggling network. .
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