ISLAMABAD – A report has revealed that Pakistan is still maintainingnuclear dominance over its bitter rivals India and Israel.
According to a detailed post published by Business Insider, Pakistan’snuclear weapons are higher in number and have the ‘credible minimumdeterrence’ or the capability to ward off the enemy with the lowest numberof nukes possible, the journal has reported.
As per the report, Pakistan – ranked sixth among the nine nuclear states –is believed to have 150 nuclear weapons. On the contrary, India is stillten warheads short with the weapon count rank of 7.——————————
Pakistan was also ahead of its arch-rival in last year’s report, whichstated that the country had an estimated 130-140 nuclear weapons whileIndia was said to have about 120-130 of them.
Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, the nuclear scientist and the founder of Pakistan’satomic programme, claimes that the country has the capability to targetIndia in five minutes.
Similarly, Israel is estimated to have 80 nukes and occupies 8th place inthe weapon count rank. The report mentions that only the Israeliestablishment knows the actual count of their weapons.——————————
The report said that while the US and Russia were slowly reducing theirnuclear arsenals, they are modernizing their capacities.
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It identifies that Russia has built an underwater nuclear capability thatcould kill millions of people in a single blast.
The total number of nuclear weapons in Russia’s control could easily endall life on earth, it added.
The report shows the estimated number of nuclear warheads owned by thefollowing countries:
– Russia – 6,850, – USA – 6,450, – France – 300, – China – 280, – Pakistan – 150, – Britain – 215, – India – 130-140, – Israel – 80, – North Korea – 60.
*Via: Business Insiderlink*
