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'Pakistan has built low-yield nuclear weapons to counter Indian aggression'
[DAWN] Pakistain has made low-yield nuclear weapons in response to India's actions under its cold-start doctrine, Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhary told a news briefing here on Tuesday.This is the first concrete explanation from a senior Pak official on how Islamabad plans to deal with India's so called cold-start doctrine, now re-named the pro-active strategy. It is also a rare explanation of Pakistain's decision to make tactical nuclear weapons to deal with the possible threat of Indian aggression. Briefing the Pak media on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... 's visit to Washington, Chaudhary also said that Pakistain would not sign any nuclear deal with the United States during the visit. Posted by: Fred 2015-10-20 |
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