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December 1, 2017 Topic: Security Region: Africa Blog Brand: The Buzz Tags: South AfricaNorth KoreaNukesICBMNuclear ProgramProliferationMilitaryTechnology

The Story of How South Africa Voluntarily Gave Up Its Nuclear Weapons

A lesson for North Korea? 

by Robert Farley Follow drfarls on Twitter L

The Republic of South Africa is the only country in the world to build a nuclear weapons program, then unbuild that program after domestic and international conditions changed. Why did South Africa decide to build nukes, how did it build them and why did it decide to give them up? The answers are largely idiosyncratic, although they may hold some lessons for the future of nuclear weapons development on the Korean Peninsula and elsewhere.
Origins of Program
South Africa sought nuclear weapons for familiar reasons. Although it enjoyed presumptive conventional dominance over any likely regional opponent, Pretoria worried that the advantage might erode over time. The South African government also appreciated that widespread disdain for its apartheid system might prevent Western countries (including the United States) from coming to its aid in any serious confrontation against the Soviet Union or its allies. Nuclear weapons would provide not only a direct way of confronting a military attack against South Africa, but also a means of leveraging Western diplomatic and military support during a crisis.