{"id":9124,"date":"2014-08-01T14:19:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-01T14:19:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2022-04-19T07:07:09","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T07:07:09","slug":"peek-inside-deserted-nuclear-bomb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchman.news\/fr\/2014\/08\/peek-inside-deserted-nuclear-bomb\/","title":{"rendered":"Jetez un coup d&#039;\u0153il \u00e0 l&#039;int\u00e9rieur de l&#039;usine de bombes nucl\u00e9aires d\u00e9serte o\u00f9 100 Boers ont construit la bombe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font style=\"background-color: #ffff00\" size=\"3\" face=\"Arial Black\">Die Sirkel - L&#039;installation de bombe nucl\u00e9aire abandonn\u00e9e top-secr\u00e8te d&#039;Afrique du Sud \u00e0 Pretoria:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\"><strong><em>PELINDABA, Afrique du Sud. Au d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es 90, le pr\u00e9sident sud-africain FW de Klerk a abandonn\u00e9 le programme top secret de production de bombes nucl\u00e9aires de son pr\u00e9d\u00e9cesseur PW Botha. <\/em><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\"><strong><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Les 100 scientifiques afrikaners et experts en enrichissement de plutonium qui construisaient des ogives nucl\u00e9aires pour les missiles de l&#039;arm\u00e9e de l&#039;air du pays ont quitt\u00e9 leur installation en b\u00e9ton top-secr\u00e8te `` Sirkel &#039;&#039; dans une telle pr\u00e9cipitation que certains ont m\u00eame laiss\u00e9 leurs sandwichs non consomm\u00e9s. La journaliste du rapport Erika Gibson et le photographe Alet Pretorius ont \u00e9t\u00e9 conduits autour du b\u00e2timent en b\u00e9ton de deux \u00e9tages par Tim Smit, un ouvrier de longue date d&#039;Armscor, qui a d\u00fb \u00e9clairer la sc\u00e8ne avec une grande torche car il n&#039;y a plus d&#039;\u00e9lectricit\u00e9 \u00e0 l&#039;int\u00e9rieur du b\u00e2timent. <\/em><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\"><strong><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; C&#039;est cet \u00e9clairage de torche qui fournit un effet tr\u00e8s dramatique - mettant parfaitement en \u00e9vidence les sombres secrets de ce b\u00e2timent en b\u00e9ton de 45 cm d&#039;\u00e9paisseur. Alet Pretorius a produit des images tr\u00e8s puissantes dans cette s\u00e9rie: <\/em><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><font face=\"Arial\">vid\u00e9o: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=67l7Ygg8uAA\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=67l7Ygg8uAA<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <a title=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/67l7Ygg8uAA\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/67l7Ygg8uAA\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/67l7Ygg8uAA<\/a>&nbsp;<\/font><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><font face=\"Arial Black\">Alet Pretorius a publi\u00e9 cette s\u00e9rie de photos dramatiques sur son blog, en \u00e9crivant: \u00abLes t\u00e9l\u00e9phones et les meubles ont \u00e9t\u00e9 abandonn\u00e9s et le b\u00e2timent est \u00e9trangement calme.\u00bb<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/havecamerawill.wordpress.com\/2014\/07\/31\/abandoned-nuclear-facility\/\">http:\/\/havecamerawill.wordpress.com\/2014\/07\/31\/abandoned-nuclear-facility\/<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rapport.co.za\/Weekliks\/Nuus\/VIDEO-Ou-Suid-Afrika-PW-se-bom-20140726\">http:\/\/www.rapport.co.za\/Weekliks\/Nuus\/VIDEO-Ou-Suid-Afrika-PW-se-bom-20140726<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><font face=\"Arial Black\"><a href=\"http:\/\/havecamerawill.wordpress.com\/2014\/07\/31\/abandoned-nuclear-facility\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"NUCLEARbombsAfrique du SudArticleRapportPicsDieSirkelFacilityRapport\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px;border-right-width: 0px;background-image: none;border-bottom-width: 0px;padding-top: 0px;padding-left: 0px;margin: 5px 0px;display: inline;padding-right: 0px;border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"NUCLEARbombsAfrique du SudArticleRapportPicsDieSirkelFacilityRapport\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-OBDE1L8AF-I\/U9uTgDBD_7I\/AAAAAAABdWM\/g1dcWQpH76s\/NUCLEARbombsSouthAfricaArticleRapportPicsDieSirkelFacilityRapport%25255B11%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" width=\"403\" height=\"329\"><\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong>Livre: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-NPpBozpoFac\/U9uarJgl1OI\/AAAAAAABdWU\/oecooa0Z-D8\/s1600-h\/NuclearBombsSouthAfricaBookByScientistVonWiellighDIEBOMpublishingDetails%25255B4%25255D.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Nucl\u00e9aireBombesAfrique du SudLivreParScientifiqueVonWiellighDIEBOMpublishingD\u00e9tails\" style=\"border-top: 0px;border-right: 0px;background-image: none;border-bottom: 0px;padding-top: 0px;padding-left: 0px;border-left: 0px;display: inline;padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Nucl\u00e9aireBombesAfrique du SudLivreParScientifiqueVonWiellighDIEBOMpublishingD\u00e9tails\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-fSLzpOZG1_M\/U9uar4aA3qI\/AAAAAAABdWc\/gL2bAQ1ZodU\/NuclearBombsSouthAfricaBookByScientistVonWiellighDIEBOMpublishingDetails_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" width=\"406\" height=\"297\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Un livre intitul\u00e9 \u00abDie Bom\u00bb a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9crit par le physicien nucl\u00e9aire \u00e0 la retraite, le Dr Nic von Wielligh. Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9troitement impliqu\u00e9 dans le programme \u00abBoerebombs\u00bb. \u00abDie Bom\u00bb est publi\u00e9 (en anglais) par Litera Publikasies, il est consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme la version la plus pr\u00e9cise des capacit\u00e9s nucl\u00e9aires de l&#039;Afrique du Sud. La fille de Von Wielligh, Lydia von Wielligh-Steyn, l&#039;a aid\u00e9 \u00e0 transformer les explications scientifiques compliqu\u00e9es en langage profane. <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>COMMANDE DE: Litera Publikasies, PO Box 14690, HATFIELD 0028, T\u00e9l\u00e9phone: +27 (0) 12362 1561&nbsp; <\/strong>\n<li><strong>Fax: 088012362 1561 Courriel:<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:theresap@litera.co.za\"><strong>theresap@litera.co.za<\/strong><\/a><strong> Cellulaire: 27 0 8330397653039765 <\/strong><a title=\"http:\/\/www.litera.co.za\/books\" href=\"http:\/\/www.litera.co.za\/books\"><strong>http:\/\/www.litera.co.za\/books<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><font face=\"Arial Black\">La journaliste Erica Gibson a \u00e9crit dans Rapport (26 juillet 2014): <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\"><strong>\u00abTr\u00e8s peu de Sud-Africains connaissent les\u00ab installations de Sirkel \u00bben face de Pelindaba pr\u00e8s de Pretoria. Et tr\u00e8s peu de gens connaissent le travail r\u00e9volutionnaire entrepris dans cette installation top-secr\u00e8te - pour construire les premi\u00e8res bombes nucl\u00e9aires d&#039;Afrique du Sud. <br \/>Pelindaba est l&#039;institut de recherche nucl\u00e9aire construit en France en Afrique du Sud. Le site appartenait autrefois au r\u00e9dacteur en chef du journal Afrikaans et historien Gustav Preller - dont l&#039;adjoint, l\u00e9gendaire \u00e9crivain \/ scientifique accro \u00e0 la morphine, Eug\u00e8ne Marais, s&#039;est suicid\u00e9 avec son fusil de chasse \u00e0 l&#039;ombre d&#039;un arbre \u00e9pineux Karee en 1936. <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\"><strong>\u00abLe b\u00e2timent Sirkel est un bloc de b\u00e9ton gris, sans fen\u00eatre, avec une entr\u00e9e. Il se fond dans la croissance rugueuse de la brousse et dans le koppie adjacent \u00e0 c\u00f4t\u00e9 du site d&#039;essai de Gerotek. Le nom du b\u00e2timent vient de la piste circulaire o\u00f9 Krygkor \/ Armscor, la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 sud-africaine de d\u00e9veloppement d&#039;armes, testait ses v\u00e9hicules militaires. La sortie du b\u00e2timent \u00e9tait indiqu\u00e9e par le panneau \u00abwerkswinkel\u00bb (atelier) pour tenter de tromper les passants accidentels. <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\"><strong>La s\u00e9curit\u00e9 \u00e9tait stricte: les travailleurs y \u00e9taient conduits dans des bus blancs aux fen\u00eatres peintes qui conduisaient dans l&#039;\u00e9tablissement o\u00f9 chaque travailleur se rendait \u00e0 son poste de travail, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Tim Smit, directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de Gerotek qui est \u00e0 Krygkor depuis 41 ans. n&#039;ont pas \u00e9t\u00e9 inform\u00e9s de la vraie nature de leur travail autre que le fait que l&#039;emploi a \u00e9t\u00e9 classifi\u00e9. <br \/>Les travailleurs de la Atomic Energy Corporation et d&#039;Armskor n&#039;avaient pas le droit de se rencontrer socialement et ils devaient faire semblant de ne pas se conna\u00eetre s&#039;ils se rencontraient par accident.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\"><strong> <\/p>\n<p>Le chef de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 du b\u00e2timent Sirkel avait mont\u00e9 une mitraillette Uzi sous son bureau pour \u00abune utilisation rapide si cela devenait n\u00e9cessaire\u00bb. Aujourd&#039;hui, c&#039;est probablement l&#039;entrep\u00f4t le plus cher du pays, un abandonn\u00e9 de l&#039;\u00e9poque o\u00f9 les Sud-Africains d\u00e9veloppaient et testaient des armes nucl\u00e9aires. Il n&#039;y a pas d&#039;\u00e9lectricit\u00e9 dans la majeure partie du b\u00e2timent donc notre passage a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9clair\u00e9 avec une lampe de poche par notre guide Smit. <br \/>Les murs ont une \u00e9paisseur de 45 cm, avec de lourdes portes \u00e0 commande \u00e9lectronique menant au gigantesque coffre-fort. Nulle part, la lumi\u00e8re du jour ne pouvait entrer. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>C&#039;est le lieu o\u00f9 les employ\u00e9s (tous Afrikaners) sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9s dans l&#039;enrichissement d&#039;uranium de l&#039;usine de Pelindaba, l&#039;utilisaient pour pr\u00e9parer des charges de missiles nucl\u00e9aires et de bombes flottantes. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Smit a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 qu&#039;un coffre-fort avait toujours \u00e9t\u00e9 retrouv\u00e9 enferm\u00e9 lorsque `` son peuple &#039;&#039; avait \u00e9t\u00e9 envoy\u00e9 pour savoir ce qui \u00e9tait arriv\u00e9 au b\u00e2timent apr\u00e8s la fermeture du programme par (FW de Klerk). <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00abNous avons for\u00e9 pendant un jour et demi pour entrer dans le coffre-fort\u00bb, a-t-il d\u00e9clar\u00e9 \u00e0 Gibson. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Elle a \u00e9crit: `` Le rez-de-chauss\u00e9e du b\u00e2timent \u00e0 deux \u00e9tages a \u00e9t\u00e9 utilis\u00e9 pour pr\u00e9parer des ogives nucl\u00e9aires et des syst\u00e8mes associ\u00e9s. Il y avait huit cellules d&#039;explosion isol\u00e9es en forme de d\u00f4me qui ouvriraient les toits si quelque chose n&#039;allait pas avec un test. Il y avait tr\u00e8s peu de temps pour les divertissements. La cuisine \u00e9tait petite avec une salle \u00e0 manger o\u00f9 les travailleurs mangeaient leurs sandwichs \u00e0 l&#039;int\u00e9rieur du b\u00e2timent. Ils n&#039;avaient pas le droit de fumer: une petite flamme aurait cr\u00e9\u00e9 une explosion catastrophique. <\/p>\n<p>Les pi\u00e8ces contiennent maintenant les restes d&#039;un v\u00e9hicule Casspir r\u00e9sistant aux mines et quelques canons de d\u00e9fense a\u00e9rienne Oerlikon radi\u00e9s. Son int\u00e9rieur froid avec des passages \u00e9troits et recourb\u00e9s pour emp\u00eacher encore plus les salles d&#039;explosion. Une douche d&#039;urgence dans un couloir t\u00e9moigne silencieusement de la mati\u00e8re radioactive qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 transform\u00e9e en ogives nucl\u00e9aires. <br \/>Toutes les autres pi\u00e8ces sont barr\u00e9es d&#039;une autre lourde porte de coffre-fort. Une fois les travailleurs \u00e0 l&#039;int\u00e9rieur, ils n&#039;ont \u00e9t\u00e9 autoris\u00e9s \u00e0 sortir qu&#039;en fin d&#039;apr\u00e8s-midi lorsqu&#039;ils sont rentr\u00e9s chez eux avec les m\u00eames bus blancs. <br \/>avec les fen\u00eatres peintes.<\/p>\n<p>Il n&#039;y avait pas de tours de communication \u00e0 l&#039;ext\u00e9rieur ou sur le b\u00e2timent pour garder le secret de la facilit\u00e9 \u00e0 la surveillance par satellite. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gibson \u00e9crit; \u00abDie Sirkel a \u00e9t\u00e9 ouvert en 1981 par PW Botha, alors Premier ministre, dans le\u00ab style typique de PW Botha \u00bb. Il a \u00e9voqu\u00e9 les socs de charrue du pays qui \u00e9taient en train d&#039;\u00eatre transform\u00e9s en \u00e9p\u00e9e pour forcer les \u00c9tats-Unis et la Russie aux tables de n\u00e9gociation. Il consid\u00e9rait les bombes comme des outils de n\u00e9gociation et aussi pour aider \u00e0 donner \u00e0 l&#039;Afrique du Sud la capacit\u00e9 de se d\u00e9fendre contre les guerres mena\u00e7antes le long de ses fronti\u00e8res. <br \/>Botha voulait donner \u00e0 son pays la capacit\u00e9 de combattre la menace \u00e9trang\u00e8re provenant de la base de puissance des bombes nucl\u00e9aires plut\u00f4t que de devoir compter sur une base de pouvoir de la politique noire. <br \/>Les bombes nucl\u00e9aires ont \u00e9t\u00e9 consid\u00e9r\u00e9es par PW Botha comme la cl\u00e9 d&#039;une solution pacifique de l&#039;isolement international de SA.\n<li>La SA menait une guerre le long de ses fronti\u00e8res tandis que la flotte a\u00e9rienne d\u00e9su\u00e8te de la SA Air Force transpirait du sang contre les meilleurs avions de combat et les puissants canons de d\u00e9fense a\u00e9rienne de l&#039;Union sovi\u00e9tique de l&#039;\u00e9poque. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Gibson a \u00e9crit que \u00abl&#039;Afrique du Sud a trouv\u00e9 un alli\u00e9 quand elle a construit ses armes nucl\u00e9aires en Isra\u00ebl\u00bb, mais elle ne fournit aucun d\u00e9tail sur le type de coop\u00e9ration qu&#039;Isra\u00ebl a accord\u00e9 \u00e0 l&#039;Afrique du Sud.<\/p>\n<p>Elle a \u00e9crit: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Les deux pays avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 alli\u00e9s au milieu des ann\u00e9es 70 et ont aid\u00e9 l&#039;Afrique du Sud \u00e0 d\u00e9velopper ses propres missiles longue distance similaires \u00e0 la port\u00e9e isra\u00e9lienne Jericho - et l&#039;Afrique du Sud a test\u00e9 ses roquettes en 1985 \u00e0 la grande consternation de la communaut\u00e9 internationale. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Au d\u00e9part, il \u00e9tait seulement pr\u00e9vu de construire six ogives nucl\u00e9aires ici, mais finalement 14 \u00e9taient pr\u00e9vues. Isra\u00ebl a d\u00fb renoncer \u00e0 sa coop\u00e9ration en raison de la forte pression des \u00c9tats-Unis d&#039;Am\u00e9rique.<\/p>\n<p>La premi\u00e8re bombe nucl\u00e9aire a \u00e9t\u00e9 achev\u00e9e en d\u00e9cembre 1982 - un cadeau de No\u00ebl \u00e0 PW Botha. Aujourd&#039;hui, le seul mat\u00e9riel restant dans les coffres-forts est deux r\u00e9servoirs de carburant externes pour un avion de chasse Mirage. <br \/>Lorsque l&#039;Union sovi\u00e9tique s&#039;est effondr\u00e9e, la guerre frontali\u00e8re avec l&#039;Angola a pris fin et PW Botha est mort subitement d&#039;un accident vasculaire c\u00e9r\u00e9bral.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Le nouveau pr\u00e9sident du pays, FW de Klerk, a agi tr\u00e8s rapidement: en 1989, les 100 travailleurs de l&#039;usine de Sirkel ont appris que De Klerk avait d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de mettre fin au programme d&#039;armes nucl\u00e9aires. <br \/>L&#039;Afrique du Sud est ainsi devenue la seule puissance nucl\u00e9aire \u00e0 d\u00e9sarmer volontairement ses armes nucl\u00e9aires et \u00e0 mettre fin \u00e0 son programme. Des d\u00e9cennies de dur labeur se sont termin\u00e9es par un seul coup de stylo. <br \/>Cela est all\u00e9 si vite que certaines personnes ont laiss\u00e9 des sandwichs derri\u00e8re eux.\n<li>Au cours des cinq ann\u00e9es suivantes, six ogives nucl\u00e9aires achev\u00e9es et une \u00e0 moiti\u00e9 compl\u00e8te, ont \u00e9t\u00e9 rendues inop\u00e9rantes et d\u00e9mont\u00e9es. <br \/>L&#039;Agence internationale de l&#039;\u00e9nergie atomique aux \u00c9tats-Unis a confirm\u00e9 en ao\u00fbt 1994 que toutes les bombes avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9truites. <br \/>(Le plutonium de qualit\u00e9 nucl\u00e9aire est maintenant stock\u00e9 dans une installation de haute s\u00e9curit\u00e9 surveill\u00e9e avec des cam\u00e9ras vid\u00e9o et ferm\u00e9 avec des coffres-forts qui sont sous le contr\u00f4le direct de la <br \/>IAEA. L&#039;installation a \u00e9t\u00e9 divis\u00e9e en trois fois, mais le plutonium de qualit\u00e9 militaire - assez pour construire 14 bombes nucl\u00e9aires - est rest\u00e9 s\u00fbr). <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Gibson a \u00e9crit que `` le dernier chapitre du programme d&#039;armes nucl\u00e9aires de l&#039;Afrique du Sud s&#039;est jou\u00e9 lorsque la SA Air Force, qui contr\u00f4lait le programme en tant qu&#039;utilisateur final, a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 vers 1992 de prendre les armes de Die Sirkel \u00e0 une munition. -depot pr\u00e8s de Roedtan dans le Limpopo. La d\u00e9cision n&#039;a jamais \u00e9t\u00e9 suivie. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Les deux journalistes de Rapport qui ont visit\u00e9 l&#039;\u00e9tablissement et l&#039;ont photographi\u00e9 ont termin\u00e9 leur histoire en affirmant que \u00abce plan aurait pu faire partie d&#039;un possible coup d&#039;\u00c9tat de droite\u00bb. <br \/>Ils n&#039;ont pas non plus fourni de preuve pour cette affirmation. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Un livre intitul\u00e9 \u00abDie Bom\u00bb a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9crit par le physicien nucl\u00e9aire \u00e0 la retraite, le Dr Nic von Wielligh. Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9troitement impliqu\u00e9 dans le programme \u00abBoerebombs\u00bb. R\u00e9dig\u00e9 en afrikaans et publi\u00e9 par Litera Publikasies, il est consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme la version la plus pr\u00e9cise des capacit\u00e9s nucl\u00e9aires de l&#039;Afrique du Sud. La fille de Von Wielligh, Lydia von Wielligh-Steyn, l&#039;aida \u00e0 transformer les explications scientifiques compliqu\u00e9es en langage profane. <a title=\"http:\/\/www.litera.co.za\/books\" href=\"http:\/\/www.litera.co.za\/books\">http:\/\/www.litera.co.za\/books<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00abDe nombreuses histoires de b\u00eatises ont \u00e9t\u00e9 publi\u00e9es au fil des ans sur le programme de bombes nucl\u00e9aires de l&#039;Afrique du Sud. \u00abJ&#039;essaie partout o\u00f9 c&#039;est possible de fournir la documentation n\u00e9cessaire pour prouver la vraie version des \u00e9v\u00e9nements. L\u00e0 o\u00f9 je n&#039;avais pas de r\u00e9ponses, je l&#039;ai aussi dit \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Von Wielligh \u00e0 propos de son livre. <\/p>\n<p>L&#039;article entier peut \u00eatre lu en afrikaans sur: <\/p>\n<p><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rapport.co.za\/Weekliks\/Nuus\/VIDEO-Ou-Suid-Afrika-PW-se-bom-20140726\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\"><strong>http:\/\/www.rapport.co.za\/Weekliks\/Nuus\/VIDEO-Ou-Suid-Afrika-PW-se-bom-20140726<\/strong><\/font><\/a><\/font>  <\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\"><strong>Vid\u00e9o: <br \/>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=67l7Ygg8uAA<\/strong><\/font><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Die Sirkel &#8211; South Africa\u2019s top-secret, derelict nuclear-bomb facility in Pretoria: PELINDABA, South Africa. 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