Elite US Troops Ready To Combat Pakistani Nuclear Hijacks -- Times Online
The US army is training a crack unit to seal off and snatch back Pakistani nuclear weapons in the event that militants, possibly from inside the country’s security apparatus, get their hands on a nuclear device or materials that could make one.
The specialized unit would be charged with recovering the nuclear materials and securing them.
The move follows growing anti-Americanism in Pakistan’s military, a series of attacks on sensitive installations over the past two years, several of which housed nuclear facilities, and rising tension that has seen a series of official complaints by US authorities to Islamabad in the past fortnight.
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Update: U.S. Would Seek to Reclaim Pakistani Nukes From Extremists, Report Says -- Global Security Newswire
My Comment: When I think about it, I cannot help but feel that it will not easy for US forces (or anyone else) to go into Pakistan to "seize and transport" nuclear weapons .... but I guess this is better than doing nothing.
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