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Membership Drive.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)(Editorial)
Defense: As many as 40 nations are able to make nuclear weapons. That makes us a bit uneasy. We hope the U.S. builds a missile shield before it's too late.
For decades membership in the nuclear club has been difficult to obtain. Only the U.S., Great Britain, Russia, France, China, Israel, India, Pakistan and North Korea -- though there is doubt North Korea has nukes -- have been able to join this select group. Iran is trying mightily to be the newest member.
The club, though, is in danger of losing exactly what most clubs strive for: exclusivity.
International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei has told France's Le Monde newspaper that 35 to 40 nations could break through the barrier because they have the capability to build nuclear arms.
As far as we can tell, ElBaradei provided no list of nations that "could produce a weapon in just a few months."
But the implications -- as well as what is known about North Korea and Iran, two sore points on the axis of evil -- are ominous. As more nations enter the nuclear club, the more unstable the world becomes.
Worse yet, the potential for terrorists to obtain nuclear weapons is only ...
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