So what did the West do when Pakistan exploded their bomb ????
Pakistan (probably) reached nuclear capability in the early 1980s, the west had no realistic means at that time to destroy the nuclear capability without substantial collateral damage. Additionally, the Red Army was in Afghanistan, Pakistan was therefore the West's friend. If the West doesn't sell conventional arms to Pakistan then someone else will.
Leave. Them. Alone!
Most Americans would be only to pleased to leave the rest of the world alone, the problem is that the rest of the world will not leave the US alone (WW1, WW2, Cold War, World Trade Centre)
what is the key difficulty in building a nuclear weapon?
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