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| Pakistan tests nuke-capable ballistic missile |
| 2012-04-26 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Pakistain successfully test fired a nuclear-capable intermediate range ballistic missile yesterday, the military said, less than a week after India test launched a long range missile. The exact range of the missile was not revealed, but retired General Talat Masood, a defence analyst, told AFP intermediate range ballistic missiles could reach targets up to 2,500 to 3,000 kilometres away -- which would put almost all of arch-rival India within reach. On Thursday India test fired its long range Agni V missile, which can deliver a one-tonne nuclear warhead anywhere in China. "Pakistain today successfully conducted the launch of the intermediate range ballistic missile Hatf IV Shaheen-1A weapon system," Pakistain's military said in a statement. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Why do I keep getting the feeling tha the sooner Pakistan ceases to exist, the better off the world will be? (This is, of course, summing the nukes are accounted for and either captured by the US or rendered inoperable on a permanent basis). At that point, wall them off and let them go psycho on themselves. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2012-04-26 16:33 |
#4 Just like North Korea the Pakis spend more on military than their own people. should be that way in the US. the Constitution mandates Defense but relegates the 'social' stuff to the states. of course, the 10th amendment hasn't been paid attention to in years. |
| Posted by: abu do you love 2012-04-26 13:27 |
| #3 Just like North Korea the Pakis spend more on military than their own people. |
| Posted by: Gruth McGurque5303 2012-04-26 06:28 |
| #2 "As the Missle flies" > D *** NGED CROWS! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-04-26 01:57 |
| #1 This opens up some exiting possibilities. Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) worked in US vs USSR because the two countries were roughly 30 minutes apart as the missile flies which meant whoever got attacked had enough time to launch a counter-attack. No advantage to going first with a sneak attack. In India vs Pakistan, the two countries are only 5 minutes apart - not much time to launch a counter. This means whoever decides to go first with a sucker punch attack accrues major advantage. When Iran gets The Bomb, you will see the same situation replicated in the ME. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2012-04-26 00:33 |