Pakistan adding '20 nuke warheads' a year
In less than 10 years, Pakistan will have the third largest nuclear stockpile in the world, behind only the US and Russia, two US think tanks said in a report.
According to the report by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Stimson Center published in he Washington Post, Pakistan is adding 20 warheads to its nuclear arsenal annually because of its fear of India which is also a nuclear power.
It says Pakistan could have 350 warheads in the next 5-10 years, leaving UK and France behind.
Pakistan is estimated to already have 120 warheads as against India's 100.
Pakistan is developing non-strategic or tactical nuclear weapons to check the asymmetry with India in conventional capabilities, noted nuclear expert Hans M Kristensen had said in a report in 2012.
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