Re:The technology industry is rife with bottlenecks
by dragonwriter on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @01:56AM
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> For instance South Africa, during its apartheid years, managed to secretly develop nuclear weapons
As I understand, “develop” is a bit generous; it was largely direct transfer from Israel.
> Another possible, if not likely scenario, is entrenched nuclear powers aiding in the development of nuclear capability of smaller allied nations
How is that not likely? Most current (and the few past) nuclear powers that aren't the US, Russia, or perhaps Israel benefited from this at some point in their programs, covertly or overtly.
As I understand, “develop” is a bit generous; it was largely direct transfer from Israel.
> Another possible, if not likely scenario, is entrenched nuclear powers aiding in the development of nuclear capability of smaller allied nations
How is that not likely? Most current (and the few past) nuclear powers that aren't the US, Russia, or perhaps Israel benefited from this at some point in their programs, covertly or overtly.