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The taboo against the proliferation of nuclear weapons is now effectively broken. Many believe that nuclear confrontation involving one of today’s undeclared nuclear states is the most likely catalyst of a global nuclear holocaust. Most of the states that have acquired or pursued undeclared weapons capabilities have engaged in armed conflicts in recent years or have come dangerously close to doing so; many also have severe internal strife to deal with.
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Much of this chapter has been compiled from Leonard Spector’s book, The Undeclared Bomb (Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1988).
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Gillespie, A. (1992). Current Nuclear Programmes in Third World Countries. In: Barnaby, F. (eds) Plutonium and Security. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-11693-5_8
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