Pakistan is believed to have 120 nuclear warheads at the moment and according to the report may reach 350 within five to ten years surpassing all other countries except the United States and Russia.
Source/Credit: Foreign Policy
By South Asia Daily | August 27, 2015
Pakistan could have the world’s third largest nuclear stockpile within a decade according to a new report by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Stimson Center set to be released today (Post, ET).
Pakistan is believed to have 120 nuclear warheads at the moment and according to the report may reach 350 within five to ten years surpassing all other countries except the United States and Russia.
The report reads: “The growth path of Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal, enabled by existing infrastructure, goes well beyond the assurances of credible minimal deterrence provided by Pakistani officials and analysts after testing nuclear devices.”
Some, however, have questioned its conclusions.
Mansoor Ahmed, a nuclear expert at Quaid-i-Azam University in Islamabad, called the report “overblown” saying Pakistan can at most develop 40 to 50 new warheads over the next several years.
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