Pakistan To Train 8,000 To Guard It's Nuclear Arsenal

Pakistan Announces Move To Increase Nuclear Security -- The Atlantic

The Pakistani government has denounced the article I wrote with Marc Ambinder that concerns, among other things, the safety of Pakistan's nuclear weapons program (see: The Ally From Hell), but now comes this news, just over the wires:

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan is training 8,000 additional people to protect the country's nuclear arsenal, which the U.S. fears could be vulnerable to penetration by Islamist militants at war with the West, the Pakistani military said.

Those fears were heightened by a recent U.S. magazine article that quoted unnamed Pakistani and American officials as saying Pakistan transports nuclear weapons components around the country in delivery vans with little security to avoid detection -- a claim denied by Islamabad.

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More News On Pakistan Increasing Security On It's Nuclear Stockpile

Pakistan trains 8,000 to protect nuclear arsenal -- USA Today
Pakistan trains 8,000 additional people to protect its nuclear arsenal as threats loom -- Washington Post/AP
Pakistan Training 8,000 Personnel to Safeguard Nuclear Arsenal -- Voice of America
Pakistan calls accusations about security of nuclear arsenal ‘pure fiction’ and ‘propaganda’ -- Washington Post
Pakistan denies nukes handled carelessly -- UPI

My Comment: Last week Jeffrey Goldberg and Marc Ambinder at the Atlantic wrote an article that questioned Pakistani safeguards when it comes to their nuclear weapons .... wow .... talk about having an impact. In the meantime .... the US is still voicing its confidence that Pakistan is able to safeguard its nukes.