What if Yugoslavia possessed nuclear weapons around 1985,they did have a nuclear program,maybe they developed it further with Chinese or American help?
Damn, that's an incredibly interesting POD.
I imagine we'd be looking at something small; probably no more than 100 or so weapons at the time of the collapse of the country. And how would nuclear weapons mix in? I imagine Serbia would love to hold on to theirs, but I don't know for certain.
One thing's for sure -- the probability of a nuclear terrorist attack in TTL is way higher.
I think that after Yugoslavia collapses the Western Powers would demand that it's successor states destroy their nuclear weapons.
I imagine we'd be looking at something small; probably no more than 100 or so weapons at the time of the collapse of the country. And how would nuclear weapons mix in? I imagine Serbia would love to hold on to theirs, but I don't know for certain.
SOF/SF move in try to take them out. Or F-117/B-2s do same
-no delivery methods, additional funds for development of a heavy bomber or a IRBM
wat about this
the Serbs in need of mony for the Civil war
they Sell the Nukes to highes offer
like to Iraq, Iran, North Korea, Birma, Cuba, Taiwan and the Taliban in Afghanistan
a scariest vision of a nuclear 9/11 ?
Iraq and Iran are Muslim countries and therefore sympathetic to the Bosniaks; the latter even had some limited interest in the war. North Korea, Burma and Cuba are dirt-poor at this point. Yugoslavia wouldn't want to jeopardize its relations with China, so Taiwan is off. It's too early to sell to the Taliban and it would still be stupid if it wasn't.
Iraq and Iran are Muslim countries and therefore sympathetic to the Bosniaks
It's pretty unlikely, but I think because they wouldn't sell them more than they couldn't find a buyer. Iraq and Iran may dislike supporting a country that's practicing genocide against Muslims, but they'd jump at the chance to practice genocide themselves.
Or at least prevent the other from buying and using it.
Do you REALLY think that matters?
Interestingly I've recently discovered this http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/alfa.htm
Sounds not only Yougoslovia thought about nuclear weapons : Italy and even Switzerland wanted this kind of weapons at the time.
So it seems that we would have a kind of european nucelar race in this case...