Friday, July 1, 2011
Pakistan Has The World’s Fastest Growing Nuclear Stockpile
A startling new study on Pakistan’s nuclear weapons programme says that the country has the world’s fastest growing nuclear stockpile and could possess close to 200 nuclear warheads in a decade if the current rate of expansion continues.
The report by US experts factors in the two new plutonium production reactors and a new reprocessing facility being built by Pakistan that would enable it to churn out greater quantities of weapon grade fuel.
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Update: Pakistan Seen as Having Fastest Expanding Nuke Stockpile -- Global Security Newswire
My Comment: The Wall Street Journal has more on this story. The link is here.
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