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Abdus Salam: A Reappraisal. Part II Salam's Part in the Pakistani Nuclear Weapon Programme

2011/12/10 by Norman Dombey, Dombey, Norman
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph) #hep-ph #physics.hist-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1112.2266

arxiv created 2011/12/10 · arxiv updated 2011/12/13

Abstract

Salam's biographies claim that he was opposed to Pakistan's nuclear weapon programme. This is somewhat strange given that he was the senior Science Advisor to the Pakistan government for at least some of the period between 1972 when the programme was initiated and 1998 when a successful nuclear weapon test was carried out. I look at the evidence for his participation in the programme.

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