*LONDON – An international report has revealed that Pakistan’s nucleararsenal could grow to 250 warheads within the next seven years.*
* If the South Asian country continues expanding its nuclear weaponprogramme and delivery capabilities then it is poised to become the fifthlargest nuclear power of the World.*
*Revelations have been made in a report published on August 31 by theBulletin of the Atomic Scientists.*
Authored by members of the Federation of American Scientists, the 12-pagelong report points out that the country is expanding its uranium-enrichmentand plutonium production facilities, as well as developing several deliverysystems, says Jane’s Defence Weekly.
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“Pakistan continues to expand its nuclear arsenal with more warheads, moredelivery systems, and a growing fissile materials production industry … Weestimate that the country’s stockpile could … grow to 220 to 250 warheadsby 2025, if the current trend continues,” states the report, pointing outthat this would make Pakistan the world’s fifth-largest “nuclear weaponstate”.
