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Non-Proliferation Success Story
Presented by:Rashid Al Suwaidi
Motivations of Sweden Security assurances
and regional security
Keep up with
technical developments in weaponry
Defend against USSR.
Sweden Nuclear Weapon Program
Plutonium problem Purchase nuclear material from US Planned nuclear devices Planned delivery systems
Plutonium Problem Had plutonium for
research purpose Not weapon grade
plutonium Could reprocess but did
not have the capacity Required uranium
facility, heavy water reactor and reprocessing
Purchase Nuclear Material from US In 1954, Sweden decided to buy NW
from US As non-NATO state required a mutual
defense agreement as a minimum requirement.
Required Sweden renouncing non-alignment.
In 1960, US National Security council decided they will not help Sweden acquire NW.
Nuclear Devices Pu- 239 as fissile material. Early designs had a bomb 400-500
kg with a 35 cm diameter.
Schematic design of a 1956 Swedish atomic bomb (which was never built)
Planned Delivery System Focus on bombs
dropped by aircraft Developing Saab
306 but cancelled project in 1957
Robot 330 project from 1957 to 1959 was cancelled due to high costs
Progress of the Program No strategic
bombs developed , so only tactical weapons was possible.
Plutonium was limited so no nuclear weapons developed.
Abandoning the program Plutonium enrichment
challenges Increasing costs No proper delivery
systems Ongoing
disarmament negotiations
More efficient to focus on conventional forces
Public opinion
Lessons learned Developing a NW
program is too costly
Plutonium is difficult to acquire
Better to develop conventional forces
Diplomacy is easier