Pakistan Admits AQ Khan-North Korea Connection
Charles Johnson
Wed Aug 24, 2005 at 2:51 pm PDT • Views: 214
Khan ‘gave N Korea centrifuges’. (Hat tip: axxiom.)
Disgraced Pakistani scientist AQ Khan supplied North Korea with centrifuges and their designs, President Pervez Musharraf has confirmed.
Centrifuges enrich uranium which can be used for making nuclear bombs.
It is the first time Pakistan has given details about the type of technology Dr Khan transferred to Pyongyang.
But President Musharraf told Japanese news agency Kyodo that Dr Khan had not provided North Korea with the expertise for constructing a nuclear bomb.
Dr Khan has admitted leaking nuclear secrets to North Korea, Libya and Iran. Pakistan’s government has always denied any involvement.
“Yes, he passed centrifuges - parts and complete. I do not exactly remember the number,” President Musharraf told Kyodo.
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