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Opinion | Greater Expectations: Why China Is Going Nuclear 'Faster Than Ever'
As per the US Defense Department's estimate, China will likely have over 1,000 operational warheads by 2030.
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Pakistan Could Soon Emerge As World's 5th Largest Nuclear State: Report
Pakistan currently has 140 to 150 nuclear warheads and the stockpile is expected to increase to 220 to 250 by 2025 if the current trend continues, according to a latest report by authors keeping a track of the country's nukes.
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Pak Builds Nuclear Warhead Underground Storage Facility In Balochistan: Report
Pakistan has built a "hardened, secure, underground" complex in a remote mountainous region in the restive Balochistan province that could serve as a storage site for nuclear warheads, an American thinktank said today.
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India Planning Missile To Target All Of China From South Bases: US Report
India continues to modernise its atomic arsenal with an eye on China and the country's nuclear strategy which traditionally focused on Pakistan now appears to place increased emphasis on the Communist giant, two top American nuclear experts have said.
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Pakistan Successfully Test-Fires Submarine-Launched Babur-3 Missile
With the first successful test of the submarine-launched Babur missile, Pakistan has taken a giant step towards proving its naval nuclear deterrent. In the process, Pakistan completed its nuclear triad, since it already possesses land-based ballistic missiles as well as tactical nuclear bombs that it can drop from its fighter aircraft.
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Where And How Pakistan Is Storing Nuclear Weapons According To US Scientists
Pakistan has a nuclear stockpile of between 130 and 140 nuclear warheads, according to a group of American scientists, whosetally is partially based on close scrutiny of satellite images and matches other recent estimates.
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Pakistan Has More Nukes Than India: Report
Pakistan continues to be ahead of India when it comes to having higher number of nuclear warheads and beats Israel as well as North Korea, a report by a Stockholm-based think-tank said today.
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130 Pak Nuke Warheads Aimed At Deterring India: US Report
Pakistan's nuclear warheads which are estimated to be between 110-130 are aimed at deterring India from taking military action against it, a Congressional report has said.
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Pakistan Test-Fires Nuclear-Capable Shaheen-III Ballistic Missile
Pakistan today successfully test-fired the medium-range Shaheen-III surface-to-surface ballistic missile which can carry nuclear warheads up to 2,750 kms bringing many Indian cities within its range.
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Pakistan Rejects Report About Fastest Growing Nuclear Warheads
Pakistan on Friday rejected as "utterly baseless" a report by leading American thank-tanks which said that Islamabad has the fastest growing nuclear arsenal in the world.
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Pakistan Developing Sea-Based and Short-Range Nuclear-Weapons: Analysts
Pakistan is developing sea-based missiles and expanding its interest in tactical nuclear warheads to give it a "second-strike" capability if a catastrophic nuclear attack destroyed all its land-based weapons, according to a media report today.
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Attacks Kill Ten Pakistani Troops; Missile Tested
A roadside bombing in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border killed nine paramilitary troops on Thursday while another soldier died in an attack further south, the army said. The Pakistani military, meanwhile, test-fired a ballistic missile it said could carry a nuclear warhead, an exercise meant to showcase the nuclear-armed nation's capabil...
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Pakistan owns about 90-110 nuclear warheads: report
Pakistan's atomic arsenal probably consists of between 90 to 110 nuclear war heads, a latest Congressional report has said, informing the American lawmakers that Islamabad is interested in concluding a nuclear cooperation deal with the US, which would require their approval.
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Pakistan test-fires nuclear capable missile
Pakistan on Monday successfully test-fired a nuclear-capable short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile, the military said. The Hatf-2 missile can travel up to 180 kms and deliver nuclear as well as conventional warheads with high accuracy, the statement from Inter-Services Public Relations said.
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Pak rebuts US study, says its nuke weapons are safe
Hours after a US study warned of a "very real possibility" that deadly warheads could be stolen by extremists singling out Pakistan as a likely source, Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday said his country's "nuclear weapons are safe and well-guarded".
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Opinion | Greater Expectations: Why China Is Going Nuclear 'Faster Than Ever'
As per the US Defense Department's estimate, China will likely have over 1,000 operational warheads by 2030.
-
Pakistan Could Soon Emerge As World's 5th Largest Nuclear State: Report
Pakistan currently has 140 to 150 nuclear warheads and the stockpile is expected to increase to 220 to 250 by 2025 if the current trend continues, according to a latest report by authors keeping a track of the country's nukes.
-
Pak Builds Nuclear Warhead Underground Storage Facility In Balochistan: Report
Pakistan has built a "hardened, secure, underground" complex in a remote mountainous region in the restive Balochistan province that could serve as a storage site for nuclear warheads, an American thinktank said today.
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India Planning Missile To Target All Of China From South Bases: US Report
India continues to modernise its atomic arsenal with an eye on China and the country's nuclear strategy which traditionally focused on Pakistan now appears to place increased emphasis on the Communist giant, two top American nuclear experts have said.
-
Pakistan Successfully Test-Fires Submarine-Launched Babur-3 Missile
With the first successful test of the submarine-launched Babur missile, Pakistan has taken a giant step towards proving its naval nuclear deterrent. In the process, Pakistan completed its nuclear triad, since it already possesses land-based ballistic missiles as well as tactical nuclear bombs that it can drop from its fighter aircraft.
-
Where And How Pakistan Is Storing Nuclear Weapons According To US Scientists
Pakistan has a nuclear stockpile of between 130 and 140 nuclear warheads, according to a group of American scientists, whosetally is partially based on close scrutiny of satellite images and matches other recent estimates.
-
Pakistan Has More Nukes Than India: Report
Pakistan continues to be ahead of India when it comes to having higher number of nuclear warheads and beats Israel as well as North Korea, a report by a Stockholm-based think-tank said today.
-
130 Pak Nuke Warheads Aimed At Deterring India: US Report
Pakistan's nuclear warheads which are estimated to be between 110-130 are aimed at deterring India from taking military action against it, a Congressional report has said.
-
Pakistan Test-Fires Nuclear-Capable Shaheen-III Ballistic Missile
Pakistan today successfully test-fired the medium-range Shaheen-III surface-to-surface ballistic missile which can carry nuclear warheads up to 2,750 kms bringing many Indian cities within its range.
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Pakistan Rejects Report About Fastest Growing Nuclear Warheads
Pakistan on Friday rejected as "utterly baseless" a report by leading American thank-tanks which said that Islamabad has the fastest growing nuclear arsenal in the world.
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Pakistan Developing Sea-Based and Short-Range Nuclear-Weapons: Analysts
Pakistan is developing sea-based missiles and expanding its interest in tactical nuclear warheads to give it a "second-strike" capability if a catastrophic nuclear attack destroyed all its land-based weapons, according to a media report today.
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Attacks Kill Ten Pakistani Troops; Missile Tested
A roadside bombing in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border killed nine paramilitary troops on Thursday while another soldier died in an attack further south, the army said. The Pakistani military, meanwhile, test-fired a ballistic missile it said could carry a nuclear warhead, an exercise meant to showcase the nuclear-armed nation's capabil...
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Pakistan owns about 90-110 nuclear warheads: report
Pakistan's atomic arsenal probably consists of between 90 to 110 nuclear war heads, a latest Congressional report has said, informing the American lawmakers that Islamabad is interested in concluding a nuclear cooperation deal with the US, which would require their approval.
-
Pakistan test-fires nuclear capable missile
Pakistan on Monday successfully test-fired a nuclear-capable short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile, the military said. The Hatf-2 missile can travel up to 180 kms and deliver nuclear as well as conventional warheads with high accuracy, the statement from Inter-Services Public Relations said.
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Pak rebuts US study, says its nuke weapons are safe
Hours after a US study warned of a "very real possibility" that deadly warheads could be stolen by extremists singling out Pakistan as a likely source, Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday said his country's "nuclear weapons are safe and well-guarded".
