Pakistan's Growing Nuclear Arsenal

Pakistan's Ghauri Hatf V Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile with a range of 1300 km (812 miles) takes off during a test flight Photo: REUTERS

Pakistan's Nuclear Arms Push Angers America -- The Telegraph

Pakistan has been secretly accelerating the pace of its nuclear weapons programme, infuriating the US which is trying to cap worldwide stocks of fissile material and improve fraught relations with a fragile ally in the Afghanistan war.

The Institute for Science and International Security, a Washington-based nuclear watchdog, has obtained satellite images showing that a row of cooling towers at Pakistan's secret Khushab-III reactor has been completed. This suggests the plant could begin operation within months, allowing Pakistan substantially to increase its stockpiles of weapons-grade plutonium.

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More News On Pakistan's Growing Nuclear Arsenal

Pakistan sparks U.S. anger after secretly accelerating nuclear programme -- The Daily Mail
Pakistan working on more nuclear weapons -- UPI
Images Show Building Progress at Pakistani Nuke Site -- Global Security Newswire
Pakistan Boosts Nuke Program Amid Regional Tension -- AOL News
Pak's secret nuclear weapons programme infuriating US -- One India
‘Pakistan secretly assembled 70 to 90 nuclear warheads’ -- Pakistan Observer

My Comment: The consequences from this disclosure are dire .... India will respond by increasing their own nuclear stockpiles, hence increasing the likelihood of a nuclear arms race on the Indian subcontinent.

The humor (if there is any humor in this news) is that even with these disclosures, it will be Pakistan who will be chairing the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency') for the next year. It appears that the foxes are now guarding the chicken coop.