Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from ABC Evening News for Wednesday, Mar 04, 1992


Title: Nightline Investigation: Nuclear Secrets For Sale: The New Black Market

Abstract:

  • An examination of the potential sale of portions of the former USSR's nuclear weapons and conventional military arsenal for profit with Ted Koppel (ABC), documentary reporter Herve Brusini, nuclear expert Thomas Cochran, Arkady Chuvin of Techsnabexport, Italian prosecutor Romano Dolce, and excerpts of conversations between unidentified buyers and sellers of weapons and technology.
  • Taped segment with Dave Marash (ABC), Arzamas 16 Director Yuri Trutniev, former Soviet physicist Roald Sagdeev, former nuclear weapons lab director Lev Feoktistev, Mayak complex director Evgeny Druzhkov, Russian nuclear expert William Potter, and CIA Director Robert Gates.

  • Begin Time:11:30:00 pm
    End Time:11:59:00 pm
    TVN Record Number:647244
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1992-2009 Vanderbilt University
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