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August 8, 2007 - Special Reports | After partition: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh (BBC)
BBC NEWS | Special Reports | 2007 | Pakistan
Comedy - The Onion: Volatile India-Pakistan Standoff In 11,680th Day
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India's Beef with Pakistan - Newsweek (MSNBC)
July 25, 2006 - US urges Pakistan to avoid reactor (The Daily Telegraph - Australia) - The US administration confirmed it knew about the reactor at Pakistan's Khushab nuclear complex, after satellite images were released by a US nuclear non-proliferation group.
The International Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) said the heavy water reactor could produce more than 200 kilograms of weapons grade plutonium a year. This would be enough to make 40 to 50 nuclear weapons every year.
Pakistan is believed to currently have 30 to 50 uranium warheads in all, "which tend to be heavier and more difficult than plutonium warheads to mount on missiles", the Washington Post reported today.
Metaphor - Movie - Legends of the Fall - Futility of War
July 24, 2006 - Pakistan building new reactor (BBC) - India is reported to have 69 Prithvi and Agni ballistic missiles - each with one warhead - plus many more bombs that can be dropped by bombers. Pakistan is thought to have 165 missiles of various versions of its Hatf series of missiles - each with a warhead - plus bombs capable of being dropped by air. But experts say that because Pakistan uses a simpler uranium-based warhead design - as opposed to the more sophisticated plutonium version used by India - Islamabad is eager to upgrade its arsenal.
May 7, 2006 - Flier Circulates Seeking Musharraf's Death - Yahoo! News (Expired)
March 17, 2006 - Pakistan attacks US-India nuclear pact (Al-Jazeera) - Pakistan has said a nuclear energy deal between India and the United States would wreck international agreements to stop the spread of atomic weapons, the Financial Times reports.
Kasuri said Pakistan will strengthen relations with China.
"Nuclear weapons are the currency of power and many countries would like to use it. Once this goes through, the NPT will be finished. It's not just Iran and North Korea. Brazil, Argentina and Pakistan will think differently."
But analysts say that the growing US-India strategic ties could encourage Pakistan to seek a similar relationship with China, its traditional ally. Kasuri said: "The US should be conscious of the sentiments of this country. Public opinion sees things in black and white. They compare the US to China and feel it has not been a constant friend the way China has." India and Pakistan tested nuclear weapons in 1998 and have long refused to sign the NPT, the centrepiece of the global disarmament effort. Kasuri said the United States should not be treating the two countries differently. "We demand equality of treatment and we will continue to pursue it. We have a large population and a fast-growing economy. If the Indian deal goes through, there are some things we will do."
BBC - India with Sanjeev
Pakistan's Nuclear Merchant
copy to weapons?
