Abdul Qadeer Khan: References & Edit History
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Two books that discuss Khan’s activities and analyze Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program are Mark Fitzpatrick (ed.), Nuclear Black Markets: Pakistan, A.Q. Khan, and the Rise of Proliferation Networks (2007), a “strategic dossier” published by the International Institute for Strategic Studies; and Naeem Salik, The Genesis of South Asian Nuclear Deterrence: Pakistan’s Perspective (2009, reprinted 2010), by a former Pakistani military officer. Journalistic accounts are found in Gordon Corera, Shopping for Bombs: Nuclear Proliferation, Global Insecurity, and the Rise and Fall of the A.Q. Khan Network (2006), by a security correspondent for the British Broadcasting Corporation; and William Langewiesche, The Atomic Bazaar: The Rise of the Nuclear Poor (2007), expanded from several magazine articles on nuclear profileration and Khan’s network.
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Al Jazeera - Abdul Qadeer Khan: My name is clear. | Aug 29, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of AQKhan Foundation. | Jun 06, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Mar 28, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Arms Control Association - Father of Pakistani Bomb Sold Nuclear Secrets. | Jan 23, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Al Jazeera - Abdul Qadeer Khan: My name is clear. | Dec 12, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Oct 06, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - Last Word -AQ Khan: The most dangerous man in the world? | Mar 19, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Digital Commons at University of South Florida - A.Q. Khan Nuclear Smuggling Network. | Nov 11, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Al Jazeera - Abdul Qadeer Khan: My name is clear. | Aug 22, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Scientists - Abdul Qadeer Khan. | Jun 25, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | May 03, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Nature - Abdul Qadeer Khan (1936�2021). | Jan 05, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Atomic Heritage Foundation - A. Q. Khan. | Nov 17, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - Abdul Qadeer Khan, known as the father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb, has died at 85. | Sep 08, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - A. Q. Khan Nuclear Chronology. | Mar 23, 2023 | ||
| He died on October 10, 2021. | Oct 10, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - A. Q. Khan. | Jan 29, 2015 | ||
| Added photograph. | Feb 21, 2012 | ||
| New article added. | Apr 08, 2011 | ||
| New bibliography added. | Apr 08, 2011 |