Pakistan Has More Nuclear Weapons Than India, Claim US Experts
Times of India
November 18, 2009
WASHINGTON: Pakistan is estimated to have more nuclear warheads than India and the two Asian neighbours along with China are increasing their arsenals and deploying weapons at more sites, two eminent American atomic experts Robert S Norris and Hans M Kristensen have claimed.
While Pakistan is estimated to possess 70-90 nuclear weapons, India is believed to have 60-80, claims Robert S Norris and Hans M Kristensen in their latest article ‘Nuclear Notebook: Worldwide deployments of nuclear weapons, 2009’.
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The article published in the latest issue of ‘Bulletin of the Atomic Science’ claimed that Beijing, Islamabad and New Delhi are quantitatively and qualitatively increasing their arsenals and deploying weapons at more sites, yet the locations are difficult to pinpoint.
For example, no reliable public information exists on where Pakistan or India produces its nuclear weapons, it said.
“Whereas many of the Chinese bases are known, this is not the case in Pakistan and India, where we have found no credible information that identifies permanent nuclear weapons storage locations,” they said.
“Pakistan’s nuclear weapons are not believed to be fully operational under normal circumstances, India is thought to store its nuclear warheads and bombs in central storage locations rather than on bases with operational forces. But, since all three countries are expanding their arsenals, new bases and storage sites probably are under construction,” the two nuclear experts said.
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Well, I personally don’t think it is suitable to increase nuclear arsenals.Pakistan has very tight economy, it should rather strive to boost socio-economic status of its people. Yes, defense is must, but not out of proportion and certainly not at the cost of people’s well being.
This is not a confirmed news as they are just estimating about nuclear weapon status of both nations. It doesn’t matter how many no. of nuclear weapons you have if you know that they can’t be used totally. Both nation has more then enough nuclear bomb to deliver major threat to each other.
One more thing nuclear weapon is also just a psychological bomb as it can be used only as last option, so this is not a guarantee to win a war.
That is a good news for the balance of power in the reigon.
Balance of Power? Good Joke…..