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This Is Not A Drill with Gavin Esler cover image

The Man Who Blew Up The World

This Is Not A Drill with Gavin Esler

CHAPTER

Introduction

As Russia threatens nuclear strikes against Ukraine, it's easy to forget that a number of other states have or are close to getting nuclear weapons. I'm talking about North Korea, Pakistan and Iran, a set of unstable, conflicted and increasingly authoritarian states. Without the actions of A.Q. Khan, none of these nuclear programs would ever have succeeded. This is Doomsday Watch.

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