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'Pakistan rapidly developing its nuclear arsenal'
PTI
Washington, April 11, 2012

Estimated to have more nuclear weapons than India, Pakistan is rapidly developing and expanding its atomic arsenal, spending about $ 2.5 billion a year to develop such weapons, a report has said.

"Pakistan has been rapidly developing and expanding its nuclear arsenal, increasing its capacity to produce plutonium, and testing and deploying a diverse array of nuclear-capable ballistic and cruise missiles," said the report Assuring Destruction Forever: Nuclear Modernisation Around The World.

"Pakistan is moving from an arsenal based wholly on HEU to greater reliance on lighter and more compact plutonium-based weapons, which is made possible by a rapid expansion in plutonium production capacity," said the 150-page report by Reaching Critical Will of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

"Pakistan is also moving from aircraft-delivered nuclear bombs to nuclear-armed ballistic and cruise missiles and from liquid-fueled to solid-fueled medium-range missile. Pakistan also has a growing nuclear weapons research, development, and production infrastructure," it said.

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India plans to spend about $50 billion to upgrade its military inorder to counter the rising might of China and threats from Pakistan, in deals that make India a lucrative market for firms such as Boeing and Dassault. Following are some of the programmes that have been announced or are planned by the government. (Text: Reuters | Pics: Reuters and AFP)