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Article: Tito's Nuclear Legacy.(former Yugoslavian dictator Josip Broz Tito)
- Article from:
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
- Article date:
- March 1, 2000
- Author:
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The West may be mistaken in not pushing for the removal of bomb-grade material from the nuclear center in Vinca, a suburb of Belgrade.
YUGOSLAVIA--AT LEAST IN THE eyes of the West--is regarded as a pariah state. But it is a pariah state whose predecessor, the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, twice had a nuclear weapons program.(1) Should Yugoslavia's potential nuclear capabilities concern the West today? The answer is probably "yes."
Yugoslavia is not a high priority threat like Iraq and North Korea. But a number of key nuclear physicists, chemists, and engineers in today's Yugoslavia have substantial weapons-related experience.
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