WASHINGTON : Pakistan is developing new types of nuclear weapons, includingshort-range tactical ones, that bring more risks to the region, America’sintelligence chief warned on Tuesday.
“Pakistan is developing new types of nuclear weapons, including short-rangetactical weapons,” Coats told lawmakers during a Congressional hearing onworldwide threats organised by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
Pakistan continues to produce nuclear weapons and develop new types ofnuclear weapons, including short-range tactical weapons, sea-based cruisemissiles, air-launched cruise missiles, and longer-range ballisticmissiles, he said.
“These new types of nuclear weapons will introduce new risks for escalationof dynamics and security in the region,” Coats said, reflecting on therisks involved in developing such types of nuclear weapons.
Coats said North Korea will be among the most volatile and confrontationalweapons of mass destruction (WMD) threats to the US over the next year.