In the midst of the Cold War and regional competition for influence, the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi sought to possess nuclear weapons to ensure survival and strengthening Libya's position as a regional power in North Africa and the Middle East. The journey of the Libyan nuclear armament program started with secret attempts at the end of the seventies of the twentieth century, before important stations, during which Gaddafi achieved achievements that Libya brought about its nuclear dream.
However, the fluctuation of international relations, the increase in Western pressure, in addition to the repercussions of the economic sanctions imposed on the country, put an end to this trip, and hastened to its end, when Gaddafi announced the abandonment of his nuclear ambitions in December 2003.
Libya took its first steps towards nuclear armament at the end of the 1960s, in conjunction with France's discovery of large reserves of uranium on Mount Tebasti, North Chad, on the southern border of Libya in 1968.
This event aroused the interest of the Libyan regime, led by Muammar Gaddafi, who seized power through a military coup on September 1, 1969.
The features of the Libyan nuclear vision began to be clearly evident in the beginning of the seventies of the twentieth century, when the Gaddafi regime tried to control the Ozo tape, a border area between Chad and Libya rich in resources (uranium, oil, groundwater), located north of Chad, and Libya claimed its ownership based on ancient colonial treaties between Italy and Fra...
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