The Economist Article Rating

Abdul Qadeer Khan, Pakistani hero and rogue nuke-peddler, has died

Oct 11, 2021 View Original Article
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    4% Center

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  • Policy Leaning

    4% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    22% Positive

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59% : In the years that followed, Mr Khan sold this information first to Iran and later to North Korea -- which provided missile technology in return -- and Libya.
40% : He sold vital blueprints to Iran, North Korea and -- a step too far -- LibyaWHEN INDIA set off a nuclear bomb in the desert of Rajasthan in 1974, describing it implausibly as a "peaceful nuclear explosion", a young Pakistani metallurgist in the Netherlands was ready to volunteer his services to his own country.

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