Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Pakistan Dismisses Concerns Over Its Growing Nuclear Arms Stockpile

Pakistan Condemns "Alarmist" Reports of Nuclear Arms Buildup -- Global Security Newswire

The Pakistani Foreign Office yesterday condemned U.S. news reports that the South Asian state was rapidly expanding its nuclear arms stockpile, the Press Trust of India reported (see GSN, Feb. 1).

The Washington Post and the New York Times published articles this week regarding the apparent growth in the Pakistani nuclear arsenal. Obama administration officials and independent experts said Islamabad is believed to hold a minimum of 90 deployed nuclear weapons and possibly more than 110. Projections would put Pakistan's stockpile ahead of India's and on track to rise above the United Kingdom, which is the world's No. 5 nuclear arms possessor.

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More News On Pakistan's Nuclear Arms Stockpile

Pakistan calls its nuke arms expansion claim "unnecessary alarmist reporting" -- Sify News
Pak dismisses report on nuclear arsenal expansion -- One India
Reports of Pakistan's Expanding Nuclear Arsenal Raise Concern -- Voice of America
At 100, Pak ahead in N-arsenal -- Times Of India
Report Says Pakistan's Nuclear Arsenal Tops 100 -- Voice of America
Pakistan has 100 nuclear weapons, doubled its arsenal: Post -- Hindustan Times
India This Evening: Pakistan Has 110 N-Weapons to Edge Ahead of India -- Wall Street Journal
Pakistani Nuke Arsenal on Track to be World's Fifth Largest -- Global Security Newswire
Pakistan's nuclear arsenal, a headache for Obama: NYT -- Economic Times
Pakistani Nuclear Arms Pose Challenge to U.S. Policy -- New York Times
Pakistan’s Growing Nuclear Arsenal -- James M. Lindsay, Council on Foreign Relations

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