Libya and weapons of mass destruction

Libya pursued programs to develop or acquire weapons of mass destruction from when Colonel Muammar Gaddafi of Libyan Army seized control of Libya in 1969 until he announced on 19 December 2003 that Libya would voluntarily terminate its programs of nuclear, chemical, ballistic missiles, and other efforts that could lead to internationally proscribed weapons of mass destruction. In 1968, Libya under King Idris signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), ratified it under Gaddafi in 1975, and concluded a safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in 1980.

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