Nuclear Proliferation
Nuclear proliferation refers to the spread of nuclear weapons, fissionable material, and weapons-applicable nuclear technology and information to nations not recognized as 'nuclear weapon states' by the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
Nuclear proliferation refers to the spread of nuclear weapons, fissionable material, and weapons-applicable nuclear technology and information to nations not recognized as "nuclear weapon states" by the NPT. The United States government, particularly under President Lyndon B. Johnson, publicly opposed nuclear proliferation. However, the bureaucracy often mirrored the ambivalence and hypocrisy at the top of the American government regarding a nuclear-armed Israel, pretending that American inspections amounted to proof that Israel was not building the bomb.1
Sources
- Hersh, Seymour M. The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy. Random House, 1991. Chapter 11. ↩
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