It had, one of the reasons the US pulled its support for the appartheit govt was the promise of the anti-appartheit coalition to destroy the nuclear arsenal. Can’t have non-whites with nukes, can we? Even worse, non-whites which are socialists.
This allowed the west to prevent any development beyond a bourgoise dictatorship as the post appartheit government. Without that shit, SA would most likely be a AES.
Did South Africa have nuclear weapons though?
yes
It had, one of the reasons the US pulled its support for the appartheit govt was the promise of the anti-appartheit coalition to destroy the nuclear arsenal. Can’t have non-whites with nukes, can we? Even worse, non-whites which are socialists.
This allowed the west to prevent any development beyond a bourgoise dictatorship as the post appartheit government. Without that shit, SA would most likely be a AES.