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Report: Pakistan Doubles Nuclear Arsenal
 Pakistan has doubled its nuclear weapons stockpile over the past several years, increasing its arsenal to more than 100 deployed weapons, according to a published report.As a result, Pakistan has now edged ahead of India, its nuclear-armed rival, The Washington Post reported late Sunday, citing non-government analysts. India is estimated to have 60 to 100 weapons. Only four years ago the Pakistani nuclear arsenal was estimated at 30 to 60 weapons. The article also talks about how Pakistan is holding an American that was involved in a double shooting despite claims of diplomatic immunity. That leads to the question, is Pakistan nuking up to protect itself from India, or the US? The US has been pushing hard on Pakistan to shape up for a good while now. Maybe they feel if they have enough nukes they can tell the rest of the world to go to hell and keep doing their old ways and letting the ISI fund all sorts of nasty buisness? Posted by: DarthVader 2011-01-31 |
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