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2007-11-12 India-Pakistan

Pakistan warns against nuclear weapons grab

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Posted by john frum 2007-11-12 14:39|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Pakistan

#1 The ministry strongly denied its weapons were at any risk. 'Our strategic assets are as safe as that of any other nuclear weapons state,' it said.

Phew! I was worried there for a minute.

Posted by tu3031 2007-11-12 14:42|| 2007-11-12 14:42|| Front Page Top

#2 The first Pakistan nuclear test was actually in 1984 at the Chinese Lop Nor test site.
This was preceeded by both cold tests and simulations by the Chinese.

It now appears that India didn't even have a deliverable weapon until 1988. The device tested in 1974 was not a weapon. It was only in 1984 that Rajiv Gandhi ordered weaponisation. Only then did was an air deliverable weapon produced and the IAF begin to perform bomb toss runs.

If the Paks knew that the Indian weapon was existential, while Pakistan had a small arsenal of usable weapons....

Posted by john frum 2007-11-12 14:46|| 2007-11-12 14:46|| Front Page Top

#3 So "preempt in place" is the only strategy to pursue...

Posted by M. Murcek">M. Murcek 2007-11-12 14:53|| 2007-11-12 14:53|| Front Page Top

#4 'If they cannot locate Pakistan's nuclear weapons despite their satellites, how can people sitting on a mountain know where they are,' it said.

Because there are people in your government who would tell them?

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2007-11-12 15:16|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2007-11-12 15:16|| Front Page Top

#5 'If they cannot locate Pakistan's nuclear weapons despite their satellites, how can people sitting on a mountain know where they are,' it said.

That's kinda the pink center of the roast ain't it?

Posted by Thomas Woof 2007-11-12 15:16|| 2007-11-12 15:16|| Front Page Top

#6 "...there was no risk of the arms being taken."

Taken - no.
Given - ummmmmmmm mebbe.

Posted by AlanC 2007-11-12 15:21|| 2007-11-12 15:21|| Front Page Top

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