Iran Tried to Buy the Pakistani Bomb. What Was China’s Role?

Posted by Matt in March 17th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Iran, Nuclear, Pakistan, beijing, Bomb Technology, Chinese China, Foxnews, Iran, Islamabad, Nuclear Arms Control, Nuclear Program, Nuclear Weapons Program, Pakistan Nuclear, Pakistani Bomb, Pakistani Government, Wisconsin Project

Second, by detailing how the Pakistani government was involved in nuclear transfers to Iran, Khan raises new questions about Beijing’s role. Why? The Pakistani nuclear weapons program is essentially an extension of the Chinese one. China, beginning around 1974, transferred bomb technology to Pakistan. Beijing’s assistance was crucial, extensive, and continuous. As Gary Milhollin of [...]

Pakistan’s president hands over nuclear powers – Yahoo! News

Posted by Matt in November 28th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Pakistan, Gilani, Lawyers, National Command Authority, Nuclear Powers, Nuclear Weapons, Pakistan Nuclear, Pakistan President, Presidency, Prime Minister, Raza, Yahoo, Yahoo News, Yousuf

The presidency announced that control of the National Command Authority, which analysts and lawyers confirmed was responsible for nuclear weapons, had shifted to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.
Pakistan’s president hands over nuclear powers – Yahoo! News

Pakistan Possesses More Nuclear Weapons Than India: Report

Posted by Matt in November 17th, 2009 | no comment

Published in India, Nuclear, Pakistan, Deployments, India Report, Indians, Notebook, Nuclear Weapons, Pakistan India, Pakistan Nuclear, Pakistanis, Robert S Norris

Robert S Norris and Hans M Kristensen in their latest article ‘Nuclear Notebook: Worldwide deployments of nuclear weapons, 2009′ claims that while Pakistanis possess 70-90 nuclear weapons, the Indians are believed to have only 60-80.
Pakistan Possesses More Nuclear Weapons Than India: Report

Analysts fear Pakistan’s days numbered

Posted by Matt in October 21st, 2009 | no comment

Published in Pakistan, Al Qaida, Asif Ali, Fear, G2 Bulletin, Islamist, Joseph Farah, Lukewarm Response, Pakistan Nuclear, Regime, Security Analysts, Taliban, Terrorist Attacks

Nuclear-armed Pakistan’s days may be numbered as the Taliban and al-Qaida appear to have joined forces to oust the increasingly fragile regime of President Asif Ali Zardari, an administration that does not even have the full support of the Pakistani military, according to a report from Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin.
The ongoing wave of terrorist attacks [...]

Pakistan’s nuclear bases targeted by al-Qaeda – Telegraph

Posted by Matt in October 11th, 2009 | no comment

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Pakistan’s nuclear weapon bases have been attacked by al-Qaeda and the Taliban at least three times in the last two years, it has emerged.
The allegations, by a leading British expert on Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal, increased fears that terrorists could acquire a nuclear device or could trigger a nuclear disaster by bombing an atomic facility.

Pakistan’s nuclear [...]

India raises nuclear stakes

Posted by Matt in September 28th, 2009 | no comment

Published in India, Arch Rival, Arsenals, Asia India, Asia-Pacific, Capability, Destructive Power, Global Community, High Yield, India India, New Delhi, Nuclear Powers, Nuclear Weapon, Nuclear Weapons, Pakistan Nuclear

India can now build nuclear weapons with the same destructive power as those in the arsenals of the world’s major nuclear powers, according to New Delhi’s senior atomic officials.
They said India had built weapons with yields of up to 200 kilotons, which would be considered a “proper strategic deterrent” by the global community. A nuclear [...]

Pakistan had nuke links with Iran, N Korea: A Q Khan: Rediff.com news

Posted by Matt in September 20th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Nuclear, Pakistan, China, Iran, Korea News, Libya, Maestro, Nexus, North-Korea, Nuclear Black Market, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Weapons, Nuke, Pakistan Nuclear, Paragraphs, Rediff, Revelation, Scientist, Sunday Times

In a damning revelation of Pakistan’s nuclear proliferation, its disgraced scientist A Q Khan, the father of the country’s nuclear weapons programme, has admitted to the Pakistani nexus in the controversial atomic programme of Iran and North Korea, a media report said on Sunday.
The disgraced 74-year-old Khan, who has been dubbed as the maestro of [...]

Pakistan’s A.Q. Khan Cites Official Support for Advancing Iran’s Nuclear Program – washingtonpost.com

Posted by Matt in September 8th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Pakistan, Iran Nuclear, Nuclear Program, Nuclear Weapons Program, Pakistan Nuclear, Pakistani Officials, Television Interview

The creator of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program boasted in a recent television interview that he and other senior Pakistani officials, eager to see Iran develop nuclear weapons, years ago guided that country to a proven network of suppliers and helped advance its covert efforts.
Pakistan’s A.Q. Khan Cites Official Support for Advancing Iran’s Nuclear Program [...]

Pakistan increasing nuclear weapons: US scientist

Posted by Matt in September 1st, 2009 | no comment

Published in Pakistan, American Scientist, Federation Of American Scientists, Karachi, Kristensen, Nuclear Warheads, Nuclear Weapons, Pakistan Nuclear, Storage Area

An American scientist has claimed that Pakistan has increased the number of its nuclear warheads from 60 to 90 and has kept them ready for use at any time.
Hans M Kristensen of the Federation of American Scientists in an article on the federation’s website has also put up a picture of possible Pakistani nuclear weapons [...]

Jihadis Discuss Plans to Seize Pakistan’s Nuclear Arsenal

Posted by Matt in May 27th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Nuclear, Pakistan, Al-Qaeda, April 24, Conventional Weapons, Global Supremacy, Globe, Internet Forums, Islamic Law, Israel, Israel Nuclear, Members, Nuclear Arsenal, Nuclear Facilities, Nuclear Projects, Nuclear Weapons, Opportunity, Pakistan Nuclear, Terrorist Attacks

Urged by a senior al-Qaeda ideologue to take over Pakistan, members of jihadi internet forums have begun to examine the possibility of controlling Pakistan’s nuclear weapons (al-faloja1.com, April 24). At the same time, jihadis continue to collect information on nuclear facilities around the globe, especially Israel’s nuclear projects, waiting for an opportunity to perpetrate successful [...]