Image: This 2007 handout from the Associated Press of Pakistan (APA), shows a Pakistani long range nuclear-capable Hatf VII Babur cruise missile is fired during a test. Satellite photos released on Tuesday show Pakistan has expanded two sites crucial to its nuclear program as part of an effort to bolster the destructive power of its atomic arsenal, a US arms control institute said. (AFP/APA-HO/File)From Yahoo News/AFP:
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Satellite photos released on Tuesday show Pakistan has expanded two sites crucial to its nuclear program as part of an effort to bolster the destructive power of its atomic arsenal, a US arms control institute said.
The commercial images reveal a major expansion of a chemical plant complex near Dera Ghazi Kahn that produces uranium hexalfuoride and uranium metal, materials used to produce nuclear weapons, said analysts at the Institute for Science and International Security.
At a site near Rawalpindi, photos suggest the Pakistanis "have added a second plutonium separation plant adjacent to the old one," the ISIS report said.
Pakistan in recent years also has been building two new plutonium production reactors, it said.
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My Comment: If true .... this is a smoking gun. One of our most important allies has been caught lying about their nuclear program. Worse .... instead of using their limited funds to help what is a deteriorating situation in their country, they have made the decision to expand and increase their production of WMDs.
Something is terribly wrong with this picture.
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