[iwar] [fc:US.fears.threat.to.nuclear.arsenal]

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TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 18 2001
Times (UK)

The battle zone
US fears threat to nuclear arsenal
BY MICHAEL EVANS, DEFENCE EDITOR

THE safe control of the nuclear weapons arsenal built up by Pakistan,
the country now at the heart of America's diplomatic efforts to
construct a coalition against Afghanistan, remains one of the most
pressing issues for the US. 

Although President Musharraf of Pakistan has offered unprecedented help
to the US in its efforts to punish those responsible for the terrorist
attacks on New York and Washington, he is facing increasing opposition
from the Islamic fundamentalist movement in the country. 

While the US is focusing its military planning on flushing out Osama bin
Laden, the terrorist leader hiding in Afghanistan, Washington is acutely
aware of a potential nightmare development: if the repercussions from
seeking General Musharraf's help lead to a revolution in Pakistan, it
could hand control of the nuclear weapons to a fanatical Islamic
administration. 

Not only has Pakistan developed a small stock of nuclear warheads, but
it also has one of the world's most sophisticated and formidable
indigenous missile weapons programmes.  Although Pakistan received
initial technical help from North Korea and China, the country is now
self-sufficient in the development of surface-to-surface ballistic
missiles which include the 1,500-mile range Shaheen 2.  A total of 30
375-mile range Hatf 3 missiles, based on the Chinese M11, are reported
to be in service. 

By comparison, India has also developed a small stock of nuclear
warheads but it has achieved only modest progress in creating
nuclear-delivery aircraft and missiles, the London-based International
Institute for Strategic Studies said.  India's Agni 2 ballistic missile
has not been tested since April 1999.  The institute said there had been
tests of the 150-mile range ground-launched and sea-launched Prithvi
missile but they were not thought to be nuclear-capable. 


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