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Feroz Khan's book "Eating Grass: The Making of the Pakistani Bomb" was launched in Silicon Valley at the Fremont Marriott yesterday, with about 100 invited guests, including this blogger, in attendance. The author was introduced by Ms. Sabahat Rafique, a prominent local Pakistani-American. The author, currently a lecturer at Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, spoke briefly about the extensive research he undertook to write the book. He was joined by Prof Rifaat Husain, visiting scholar at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation, to answer questions.
http://www.riazhaq.com/2013/02/silicon-valley-launch-of-eating-grass.html
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Here are bits of info on Pakistan's nuclear fusion effort:
Realizing the importance of fusion and the worldwide effort in this regard, Pakistan has launched a National Tokamak Fusion Program to develop human resource and capacity building. Under this program, the Government of Pakistan plans to install a small tokamak (like HT-6M of Hefei , China ) along with various accessories and diagnostics so as to acquire the basic scientific knowledge and the technical know-how of the fusion technology.
http://www.iter.org/newsline/15/1025
National Tokamak Fusion Program
Glass Vessel Spherical Tokamak
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:0_QodMBYAcsJ:fec2012...
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:fmdMpzgOMLAJ:home.cl...
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