Taliban/Al Qaeda Has Attacked Pakistan's Nuclear Facilities 3 Times In 2 Years

Pakistan's Sargodha Nuclear Facility (Image from Bharat Rakshak)

Jihadis Thrice Attacked Pakistan Nuclear Sites -- Times Of India

WASHINGTON: Pakistan's nuclear facilities have already been attacked at least thrice by its home-grown extremists and terrorists in little reported incidents over the last two years, even as the world remains divided over the safety and security of the nuclear weapons in the troubled country, according to western analysts.

The incidents, tracked by Shaun Gregory, a professor at Bradford University in UK, include an attack on the nuclear missile storage facility at Sargodha on November 1, 2007, an attack on Pakistan's nuclear airbase at Kamra by a suicide bomber on December 10, 2007, and perhaps most significantly the August 20, 2008 attack when Pakistani Taliban suicide bombers blew up several entry points to one of the armament complexes at the Wah cantonment, considered one of Pakistan's main nuclear weapons assembly.

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Update #1: Report: Pakistan Nuclear Facilities Attacked at Least Three Times by Terrorists -- FOX News

My Comment: The only reports of these attacks is coming from the Indian media and FOX News (which only quotes the Times of India story).

I am sure that there will be more coverage in the next few hours, and we will update this story as news reports come in.

My personal take .... I am not surprised. These Pakistani military installations have always been prime targets for Taliban and Al Qaeda extremists. My biggest concern has never been on a frontal attack on these installations .... my fears have always been on the sympathizers within these installations who may be conducting themselves to assist these terror groups to get their hands on nuclear materials.