The appendix to this 2004 NPR article contains a South African document which cites the possibility that a terrorist organization “could acquire and launch against us a tactical nuclear weapon” acquired from China.
The authors explain here:
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The article makes clear that this view appears not to have been widespread within the South African government:
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