Posted by Matt in November 30th, 2008 |
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Conflict, India, Pakistan, Bombay, Citizens, Corpses, Gunmen, Hotels, India, Nuclear Threat, Pakistan, Security Status, Subcontinent, Terror Attacks
With the citizens of Bombay still mopping up the blood on their streets and counting the corpses in their hotels, attention has quickly turned to who is behind last week’s terror attacks. India says it has evidence that the gunmen who tore through its richest city were trained in Pakistan, and raised its security status [...]
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Posted by Matt in November 30th, 2008 |
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Conflict, India, Pakistan, Afghan Border, Asia, Conflict, Conventional War, First Steps, Frontier, India And Pakistan, Military Experts, Military Sources, Missile Forces, Nuclear Powers India, Tactical Nuclear Weapons, War Preparedness
DEBKAfile’s military sources report that on Sunday, Nov. 30, Asia’s two nuclear powers, India and Pakistan, took their first steps towards a conventional war. India, claiming evidence of Pakistan’s involvement in the Islamist terrorist assault on Mumbai, placed its air and missile units on war preparedness, while Pakistan, disclaiming the charge, diverted its armed divisions [...]
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Posted by Matt in October 15th, 2008 |
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Pakistan, Ally, Antiterror, China, Conclusions, Drafting, India, Intelligence Report, Money, National Intelligence Estimate, Nuclear Missiles, Nuclear Weapons, Serious Trouble, Situation In Pakistan, Sweating Bullets, Top Secret
Conclusions about Pakistan: “no money, no energy, no government.” However, they do have nuclear weapons and the missiles to deliver them thanks to help from China.
India, you had better start sweating bullets, because you are in serious trouble.
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A U.S. official who participated in drafting the top secret National Intelligence Estimate said it portrays [...]
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Posted by Matt in August 19th, 2008 |
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Pakistan, Afghanistan, Atomic Bomb, Berlin, Bomb The World, Democratic Rules, Live Tv, Musharraf, Nuclear Scientist, Pakistan, Parliament, Pervez Musharraf, Piles, Plays, President Musharraf, President Pervez Musharraf, Resignation, Secret Service, Tv Address
Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf has given in to pressure to resign before being impeached by parliament. He told the nation in a live TV address that he was leaving his future “in the hands of the nation.” more…
Interview with the Head of Afghanistan’s Secret Service: ‘Piles and Piles of Evidence’ that Pakistan Is Responsible for [...]
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Posted by Matt in July 19th, 2008 |
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Pakistan, U.S., Al Qaeda Militants, Al-Qaeda, Allies, Anger, Barbara Plett, Border Region, International Fight, Pakistan, Pakistanis, Taleban, Terrorism, Uneasy Alliance
The US and Pakistan remain allies in the international fight against terrorism but relations have been worsening. The US is accusing Pakistan of failing to rein in Taleban and al-Qaeda militants that take refuge in its border region and, as Barbara Plett reports, there is growing anger among Pakistanis towards the US.
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Posted by Matt in July 4th, 2008 |
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Koreas, Nuclear, Pakistan, A.Q. Khan, Army Officials, Military Regime, North-Korea, Nuclear Program, Nuclear Technology, Pakistan, Pakistani Army, Pervez Musharraf, President Pervez Musharraf, Scientist, Supervision, Technology Transfer, Uranium Enrichment
Abdul Qadir Khan, who is considered to be the father of Pakistan’s nuclear program, said on Friday that the country’s former military regime was aware of the transfer of nuclear technology to North Korea.
AQ Khan told media on Friday that the Pakistani army, which was headed by President Pervez Musharraf then, was aware of the [...]
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Posted by Matt in June 27th, 2008 |
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Conflict, Pakistan, U.S., Afghan Officials, Allegations, Governments, guardian, Hamid Karzai, Iht, Intelligence Service, Military Action, Nato Forces, Nyt, Pakistan Army, Pakistan Military, Pakistani Government, Pakistani Territory, Patience, rockets, Safe Havens, Tensions, Tribal Areas, U S Air
Increased military action by U.S. forces in Afghanistan to target suspected terrorists in Pakistan’s tribal areas is putting a strain on Washington’s already tense relationship with Islamabad. A June 10 U.S. air strike (IHT) in which Pakistan’s army says eleven of its soldiers died was followed, just weeks later, by NATO forces firing into Pakistan [...]
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Posted by Matt in June 18th, 2008 |
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Nuclear, Pakistan, Iran, Israel, Nuclear Arsenal, Nuclear Weapons, Pakistan Nuclear, Political Situation, Regional Security, Russian Expert, Uranium Enrichment
Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal poses a greater threat to security in the region than Iran’s uranium enrichment, due to the volatile political situation in the country, a Russian expert said on Tuesday.
“The main and most serious threat to the region is not Iran or Israel [and their alleged nuclear weapons], but Pakistan [and its existing [...]
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Posted by Matt in June 17th, 2008 |
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China, Iran, Missiles, Pakistan, 11a, Ashoura, Ashura, Chinese Technology, Diameter, Fuel Rockets, Ghadr, Ghaznavi, Iran, Missile Program, Nozzles, Shaheen 2, Solid Propellant, solid-fuel, Striking Similarity
This is an interesting theory. Take a look at the pictures and judge for yourselves.
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DF-11 (A), DF-15 (A), Ghaznavi, Shaheen-1, Shahen-2, Ghadr-101 and Ghadr-110 (Ashoura, Ashura)
It can not be denied, that the Pakistani solid fuel rockets Ghaznavi, Shaheen-1 and Shaheen-2 are similar to the Chinese DF-11, DF-11A and DF-15A (their two-stage variant). It [...]
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Posted by Matt in June 3rd, 2008 |
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Nuclear, Pakistan, Atomic Scientist, Drawings, Excellent Technology, germans, House Arrest, Islamabad, Korean Scientists, Making Money, North-Korea, Nuclear Secrets, Pakistan, pyongyang, Russia, Sophisticated Designs, South Africans
“The Germans have those drawings. The South Africans have those drawings. The French have those drawings. They were the suppliers. You can’t blame me for it. They were selling. They were making money. Why put blame on me?” Khan said during the interview from his villa in Islamabad, where he remains under house arrest.
Khan said [...]
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Posted by Matt in May 31st, 2008 |
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Missiles, Nuclear, Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto, Bhutto, Critical Data, Documentary, Great Game, Journalist, Missile Deal, North-Korea, Nuclear Secrets, Nuclear Weapon, Pakistani Prime Minister, Politician, pyongyang, Uranium Enrichment, Video Game
Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, on a state visit to North Korea in 1993, smuggled in critical data on uranium enrichment — a route to making a nuclear weapon — to help facilitate a missile deal with Pyongyang, according to a new book by a journalist who knew the slain politician well.
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Posted by Matt in May 29th, 2008 |
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India, Iran, Pakistan, American Expert, Baluchistan, Circumstances, Consortiums, Foreseeable Future, Gas Pipeline, India Pakistan, Ipi, Iran Pakistan, Pakistan India, Pipeline, Political Scientist, Rand Corporation, Security Concerns, Serious Security, Tank
The proposed Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline is “absolutely infeasible” in the foreseeable future because financial, political, legal and security circumstances do not support it, a well-informed American expert says.
“None of the three countries involved in the talks has the resources to fund the pipeline. There are serious security concerns, especially because it passes through Baluchistan in Pakistan. [...]
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Posted by Matt in May 23rd, 2008 |
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India, Pakistan, Bombings, Border, Csm, Extremists, India And Pakistan, Infiltration, Kashmir, Loc, Militants, Muslim Majority, Neighbors, New Delhi, Peace Talks, Reminders, South Asia, State Department, Tension, terror, Terrorism
South Asia’s nuclear-armed neighbors India and Pakistan resumed peace talks May 20 amid reminders of how vulnerable the two nations are to terrorism. Bombings in Jaipur (IANS) allegedly by Bangladeshi extremists and heightened tension (CSM) with Pakistan across the long-disputed border in Kashmir has New Delhi on edge. The U.S. State Department’s 2007 report on [...]
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Posted by Matt in May 22nd, 2008 |
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China, India, Pakistan, Ally, Australia, China, Country Japan, Decades, Defence Officials, democracy, East Asia, India, India Pakistan, Indian Defence, Indian Military, Pakistan, Pakistan Defence, Principal Enemy, South Asia, South-Korea, Taiwan, Term Threat
“After decades of considering Pakistan their principal enemy, Indian defence officials are beginning to see China as a more serious long-term threat, and they don’t want to be caught unprepared again. Washington is embracing India as a rising power that can be a valuable ally to stand with this country, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and [...]
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Posted by Matt in May 16th, 2008 |
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India, Nuclear, Pakistan, Agricultural Production, Atmosphere, Bomb, Casualties, Climate Models, Decade, Famine, Imagination, India And Pakistan, India Pakistan, Land Surface, Military Planners, Nuclear War, Nuclear Weapons Material, Pakistan India, plutonium, Policymakers, Political Leaders, Rainfall, Uranium
Their political leaders and military planners seem impervious to the fact that a war between Pakistan and India in which each used only five of their nuclear weapons on the other’s cities could kill several million people and injure many more. The effects of a nuclear war could be much worse if India and Pakistan [...]
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Posted by Matt in May 8th, 2008 |
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Missiles, Pakistan, Agni Iii Missile, Cruise Missile Pakistan, Hatf, Hatf VIII, India Claims, Launch, Muscles, Ndtv, Ndtv Com, New Delhi, Nuclear Capability, Nuclear Delivery, Nuclear Missile, Nuclear Warhead, Pakistan Test, Ra, Ra'ad, Range Missile, Sanskrit, Surface To Surface Missile, Test Fire, Xinhua
Pakistan said it test-fired a short-range cruise missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead Thursday, one day after archrival India test-fired a long-range missile with nuclear capability.
The 220-mile-range Pakistani missile, known as the Ra’ad or Hatf VIII, was developed exclusively for launch from aircraft, a military statement said.
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New Delhi flexing its muscles, test-fires nuclear [...]
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Posted by Matt in April 22nd, 2008 |
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The US is looking on with interest at a tug of war over AQ Khan, the man behind Pakistan’s nuclear programme
A struggle is under way in Pakistan over the fate of AQ Khan, the godfather of the country’s atom programme, who is under house arrest for selling nuclear secrets and hardware to North Korea, Libya [...]
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Posted by Matt in April 22nd, 2008 |
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Pakistan’s military on Monday carried out a training launch of a long-range nuclear-capable missile which can hit targets deep in rival India, the second such test in three days, the military said. The Shaheen II, or Hatf VI, missile with a range of 2,000 kilometres (1,280 miles) was launched from an undisclosed location by the [...]
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Posted by Matt in April 2nd, 2008 |
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Between 1972 and 1974, Pakistan had persuaded Libya, Saudi Arabia and Iraq, to fund its nuclear weapons programme. By 1977, Pakistan went into high gear to become a nuclear weapons State after having collected the basic materials necessary to acquire nuclear weapons. The first Pakistani nuclear device was tested at China’s testing site at Lopnor [...]
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Posted by Matt in March 26th, 2008 |
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Pakistan on Wednesday said India’s test launch of a nuclear-capable undersea ballistic missile could trigger a fresh arms race in the region. A day after India tested the new missile from waters off its Vishakahpatnam coast, Pakistan Navy chief Admiral Muhammad Afzal Tahir described the development as a “very serious issue” as it was aimed [...]
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Posted by Matt in March 1st, 2008 |
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The warning from Pakistan’s naval chief of a new nuclear arms race in the offing after India’s recent test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile must raise anxieties for south Asian regional security.
The Indian test from a submarine essentially raises the security stakes in an already troubled region. A submarine-based capability of this kind allows India [...]
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