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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Sunday, November 11, 2007

Pakistan's nukes

For some reason, questions over the security of Pakistan's nukes make both the NYTimes and WaPo today.
Americans might feel better about the arsenal if they knew how big it was — or even where the weapons were stored. Pakistan has done its best to keep that information secret....

On paper, the relatively new system he described looks impressive: weapons are kept separate from delivery systems, nuclear cores from their detonators. The people who run the system are screened, presumably for both mental stability and latent sympathies with Al Qaeda and the Taliban. Other Pakistani officials have described ways they protect nuclear material as it is trucked around the country or tinkered with in the laboratory still named for Dr. Khan.


Also: (LATimes) Pakistanis' anger at Musharraf extends to U.S.

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