Nuclear, Chemical, and Ballistic Missile Potential of Selected Threshold Countries4 Oct 1989 |
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Description:
This document reviews the potential of several developing countries to acquire weapons of mass destruction. It was prepared by the East German Staatssicherheit (Stasi) intelligence agency. The paper examines whether Israel, South Africa, India, Pakistan, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Syria, Argentina, and Brazil have or can develop the ability to produce nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, and ballistic delivery systems. According to the document, Israel, India, and Pakistan have acquired nuclear weapons.
Collection: Stasi Intelligence
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Document Type:
Document Origin (Agency): Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, GDR Language of Original Document: German Number of Pages: 8 Cold War Period: 1985-1991 |
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Document Source: Federal Commissioner for the Records of the National Security Service of the Former Democratic Republic (BStU), Berlin Call Number: ZA, HVA, 813, pp. 238-245 |