Bombshell

The NYT has a fascinating article called Hidden Travels of the Atomic Bomb, by William J. Broad.

It's about a new book detailing the prolilferation of the atomic bomb.

They have a great graphic:

and this little zinger:

The book says, for instance, that China opened its sprawling desert test site to Pakistan, letting its client test a first bomb there on May 26, 1990

That'd be eight years before they went public.

Funny to think that in a world where sensors can detect any nuclear event - there is still room for an emerging nuclear program to hide: behind the borders of a known nuclear state.

It casts new light on the reign of Benazir Bhutto as prime minister of Pakistan

I'll say. Wow.