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	<title>FAS Strategic Security Blog &#187; Pakistan</title>
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		<title>Pakistani Nuclear Forces 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/08/pakistan2009.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hkristensen</dc:creator>
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A high-security weapons storage area northwest of Karachi appears to be a potential nuclear weapons storage site.  (click image to download larger version)




By Hans M. Kristensen
Pakistan&#8217;s nuclear weapons stockpile now includes an estimated 70-90 nuclear warheads, according to the latest Nuclear Notebook published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. The estimate is an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Air Force Intelligence Report Available</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/06/nasic09.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/06/nasic09.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:38:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hkristensen</dc:creator>
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The NASIC report dispels many web-rumors.





By Hans M. Kristensen
The Air Force Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) has published an update to its Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat.  The document, which I obtained from NASIC, is sobering reading.
The latest update continues the previous user-friendly format and describes a number of important assessments and new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Concern Over Pakistan&#8217;s Nuclear Weapons</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/04/pakistannukes.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/04/pakistannukes.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 19:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hkristensen</dc:creator>
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Pakistan&#8217;s nuclear weapons are &#8220;widely dispersed&#8221; says Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Does that include the large weapons storage complex at Sargodha? Click for image.




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By Hans M. Kristensen
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has expressed concern over the safety of Pakistan&#8217;s nuclear weapons in the light of increasing violence in the country. The weapons &#8220;are widely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russian Tactical Nuclear Weapons</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/03/russia-2.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/03/russia-2.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hkristensen</dc:creator>
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New low-yield nuclear warheads for cruise missiles on Russia&#8217;s submarines?.



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By Hans M. Kristensen
Two recent news reports have drawn the attention to Russia’s tactical nuclear weapons. Earlier this week, RIA Novosti quoted Vice Admiral Oleg Burtsev, deputy head of the Russian Navy General Staff, saying that the role of tactical nuclear weapons on submarines “will play [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Arms Sales to Pakistan: New CRS Report</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2007/11/us_arms_sales_to_pakistan_new_.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2007/11/us_arms_sales_to_pakistan_new_.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Schroeder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arms Trade]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new Congressional Research Service report on &#8220;U.S. Arms Sales to Pakistan&#8221; recently obtained by the FAS provides a succinct overview of recent U.S. arms sales to General Pervez Musharraf&#8217;s regime, the tumultous fifty-year history of US security assistance to Pakistan, and presidential authority to stop such sales.  The release of the report coincides [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Article: Pakistani Nuclear Forces, 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2007/05/article_pakistani_nuclear_forc.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2007/05/article_pakistani_nuclear_forc.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 15:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hkristensen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Proliferation]]></category>
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Shaheen 2 launch




By Hans M. Kristensen
Pakistan is preparing its next-generation of nuclear-capable ballistic missile for deployment. A satellite image taken on June 5, 2005, shows what appears to be 15 Transporter Erector Launchers (TELs) for the medium-range Shaheen 2 fitting out at the National Defense Complex near Fatehjang approximately 30 kilometers southwest of Islamabad.
The vehicles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nuclear Missile Testing Galore</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2006/12/nuclear_missile_testing_galore.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2006/12/nuclear_missile_testing_galore.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2006 14:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hkristensen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Updated January 3, 2007)
North Korea may have gotten all the attention, but all the nuclear weapon states were busy flight-testing ballistic missiles for their nuclear weapons during 2006. According to a preliminary count, eight countries launched more than 28 ballistic missiles of 23 types in 26 different events.
Unlike the failed North Korean Taepo Dong 2 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawmakers Scold Administration Over F-16 Sale to Pakistan</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2006/07/lawmakers_scold_administration.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2006/07/lawmakers_scold_administration.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jul 2006 14:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Schroeder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arms Trade]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At Thursday’s hearing on the sale of 36 F-16 aircraft to Pakistan, Assistant Secretary of State John Hillen endured tongue-lashings from several members of the House International Relations Committee (HIRC), who objected to the manner in which his bureau has managed the $5.1 billion arms package.  Of particular concern was the administration’s unilateral decision [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan to receive 36 F-16 fighter jets</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2006/07/pakistan_to_receive_36_f-16_fi.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2006/07/pakistan_to_receive_36_f-16_fi.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2006 16:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Schroeder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday, the Bush administration announced a massive $5.1 billion arms package for Pakistan, the largest arms sale to the Indian subcontinent since US sanctions were suspended in 2001.  The package includes 36 F-16 fighter jets, armaments, and upgrades for its existing fleet of F-16s.  The announcement came five days after the administration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Air Force Publishes New Missile Threat Assessment</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2006/06/us_air_force_publishes_new_mis.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2006/06/us_air_force_publishes_new_mis.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2006 20:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hkristensen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Air Force has published a new report about the threat from ballistic and cruise missiles. The new report, Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat, presents the Air Force National Air and Space Intelligence Center&#8217;s (NASIC) assessment of current and emerging weapon systems deployed or under development by Russia, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea, Iran, Syria [...]]]></description>
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