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Pakistan’s race ahead in nuclear weapons

The weapons have been kept at depots all over Pakistan – some are said to be near the main air bases……….It will also raise questions about how the beleaguered administration of President Asif Ali Zardari can justify spending on nuclear weapons when so many in his country live in poverty and appalling conditions.

Pakistan to overtake Britain as world’s fifth largest nuclear power, Mail Online, By David Williams  21st February 2011
Experts think Pakistan could have 110 nuclear weaponsPakistan is on the verge of overtaking Britain as the world’s fifth largest nuclear power at a time when the country faces an unprecedented threat from extremists.

American intelligence agencies believe that Pakistan now has more than 100 deployed nuclear weapons, an increase of nearly 40 per cent in two years.

It means that one of the countries considered the most unstable in the region is ahead of both Britain and, significantly arch-rival India, to own the fifth largest nuclear arsenal behind the United States, Russia, France and China……

The weapons have been kept at depots all over Pakistan – some are said to be near the main air bases.

The revelation of the growing size of its nuclear weapons will throw the spotlight on the massive aid packages given to Islamabad by the West, especially the U.S..

It will also raise questions about how the beleaguered administration of President Asif Ali Zardari can justify spending on nuclear weapons when so many in his country live in poverty and appalling conditions.

Last year millions was raised worldwide by charities for victims of Pakistan’s devastating floods.

Pakistan to overtake Britain as world’s fifth largest nuclear power | Mail Online

February 22, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Pakistan, weapons and war