It is a de facto nuclear state, and a pivotal country in the War on Terror. This book provides a comprehensive study of a nuclear-armed Pakistan, investigating the implications of its emergence as a nuclear weapons state.Setting out the historical background of Pakistani nuclear development, th...
Pakistan's long-running nuclear weapons programme evidently began to make striking progress in spring 1987. Statements by both international experts and Pakistani leaders, President Zia ul-Haq, and Dr. A. Q. Khan, the Director of the uranium-enrichment facility at Kahuta, served to confirm this...
Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons 作者:Chakma, Bhumitra 页数:208 定价:309.00 元 ISBN:9780415590327 豆瓣评分 目前无人评价
The Limited Military Utility of Pakistan's Battlefield Use of Nuclear Weapons in Response to Large Scale Indian Conventional Attack – South Asia Citizens Web It is possible to imagine that Pakistan may choose to respond to an Indian conventional attack by using one or a few nuclear weapons as...
The book “aims to educate Pakistanis about the attitudes of their leadership toward nuclear weapons”. It says “Pakistan’s people have come to believe that the successful acquisition of nuclear capability means that their nation’s security is forever ensured”. Pakistani politicians, scientists ...
Pakistan and neighboring India, which also has nuclear weapons, have never signed the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. News of the developments in Pakistan comes as Congress gets ready to take up a nuclear cooperation agreement between the Bush administration and India in which India would get acce...
While Pakistan’s case is distinct in the country’s development of nuclear weapons as a non-NPT state, it also serves to highlight the ongoing challenges faced by non-nuclear states within the global nonproliferation regime. Despite growing global attention to nuclear weapons in light of the ...
Pakistan’s nuclear activities have caused greater concern among proliferation observers than India’s. This is not because Pakistan has been technically nearer to weapons acquisition than India. Nor is it because Pakistan has displayed greater interest
Nuclear weapons at sea pose a greater risk than stationary land-based arsenals because they are submerged and harder to detect. Pakistan has the fastest growing nuclear program in the world, according to the New York-based Council on Foreign Relations. Its arsenal, built with the help of Chine...
“Right now, its more psychological,” said one. “But that’s not to say that we shouldn’t worry about this situation. India and Pakistan both have nuclear weapons. The textbook says two nuclear states cannot afford a war, but there is always uncertainty.”...