Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Pakistan expanded the capabilities of its nuclear facilities.

Pakistan is expanding the infrastructure of two nuclear facilities in the country to enhance its nuclear capability, transmits on Wednesday Agence France-Presse. This is the conclusion of the American Institute of science specialists and international security (Institute for Science and International Security, ISIS).
As evidenced by the images transmitted by commercial satellites, the new buildings have appeared in the chemical plant near the town of Dera Ghazi Khan in Punjab province. This company produced uranium metal and uranium hexafluoride. Meanwhile, at the site near the city of Rawalpindi, a second plant for the enrichment of plutonium, which adjoins the first.
"This is the expansion of nuclear facilities showed that Pakistan has consistently fulfilling the strategic plan to improve the characteristics affecting its nuclear arsenal", - stated in the report of ISIS. Thus, Pakistan will have the opportunity to create a smaller and lighter nuclear and thermonuclear weapons.
On Monday the head of the CIA Leon Panetta said that the Pakistani nuclear arsenal "is safe" and unlikely to be able to fall into the hands of militants of the Taliban. However, specialists ISIS calling the U.S. government to ensure that Pakistan halt the production of nuclear fuel and has begun negotiations on a treaty banning the production of plutonium and highly enriched uranium.
Pakistan currently has between 60 and 100 nuclear weapons that can deliver ballistic missile, like a travel agent.

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