Pak nuclear stockpile to touch 200 in a decade: Experts

[xchrom]

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Pak-nuclear-stockpile-to-touch-200-in-a-decade-Experts/articleshow/9134454.cms

WASHINGTON: Pakistan has the world's fastest-growing nuclear stockpile and it could achieve 150-200 warheads in a decade despite the political instability in the country, two top American atomic experts have said.

Pakistan is in the process of building two new plutonium production reactors and a new reprocessing facility to fabricate more nuclear weapons fuel, wrote nuclear experts Hans M Kristensen and Robert S Norris in the latest issue of Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.

In their paper 'Pakistan's nuclear forces, 2011', the authors estimate that if Pakistan's expansion continues, its nuclear weapons stockpile could reach 150-200.

"Despite its political instability, Pakistan continues to steadily expand its nuclear capabilities and competencies; in fact, it has the world's fastest-growing nuclear stockpile," they wrote.

[kristopher]

1. "Despite its political instability, Pakistan continues to steadily expand its nuclear capabilities"

According to at least one extremely active DU nuclear proponent, the best answer is to spread nuclear technology to everyone, and then depend on the concept of Mutually Assured Destruction to prevent the use of weapons. The claim is usually accompanied by statements asserting that if Latin American countries all had nuclear weapons, it would have prevented the CIA from screwing around in proxy wars there.

I'd love to hear the thoughts of some other nuclear proponents regarding this point of view.

[xchrom]

3. really? that's insane. nt

[ThomWV]

2. Maybe we could ask the Israelis to bomb their enrichment facilities.

[Hugabear]

4. Yes, let's start a nuclear war between Israel and Pakistan

I'm sure that would go over quite well...

[Rebubula]

5. LOL

Check your sarcasm meter, please.