by RAY FLEMING
THE situation in Pakistan is volatile and dangerous enough without factoring in the nuclear issue. Yet it must be at the forefront of the minds of those inside and outside Pakistan who are working to bring the country back to a relatively stable condition. Regardless of who is president or prime minister, are Pakistan's nuclear facilities sufficiently secure? If an election were to return an Islamist coalition to power, whose finger would be on the button? President Musharraf has been asked these and similar questions directly and indirectly several times over the past decade and has always given reassuring, if vague, answers. But the truth is that probably nobody outside a tight circle in Pakistan, not even the Americans, know how big the nuclear arsenal is (perhaps from 50 to 100 weapons) and where it is to be found. When the United States and Pakistan restored relations after 9/11 Washington offered various forms of cooperation in nuclear matters but they were never accepted.
PAKISTAN'S BOMB
20/11/2013 00:00
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