Pakistan's nuclear program development time lines

Ballistic Missile Defense Programs

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May 1998 - Pakistan possesses nuclear weapons that employ highly-enriched uranium and conducted its first nuclear weapon test series in May 1998. A new Pakistani nuclear reactor has been completed that could be used for the production of plutonium. In addition to its nuclear weapons, Pakistan has biological and chemical weapons programs. Chinese assistance has been crucial to Pakistan's nuclear weapons program. India and Pakistan are not hostile to the United States . The prospect of ...
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2001EDITORIAL: Nuclear risks and nuclear realities — War in Context

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Oct 2001 - In October 2001, nuclear weapons expert, David Albright wrote: Several observers have suggested that if Pakistan suffers a coup by forces hostile to the United States, the US military should be ready to provide security over the nuclear weapons (or even to take the weapons out of Pakistan entirely) without the permission of the Pakistani authorities.13 Others have raised the possibility of asking President Musharraf to allow the United States or China to take possession ...