Nuclear Notebook: Pakistan's nuclear forces, 2011

Nuclear Notebook: Pakistan's nuclear forces, 2011

from It is 6 Minutes to Midnight | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists by Hans M. Kristensen

Despite its political instability, Pakistan continues to steadily expand its nuclear capabilities and competencies; in fact, it has the world's fastest-growing nuclear stockpile. In the aftermath of the US raid that killed Osama bin Laden, who had made his hideout in an Islamabad suburb, concerns about the security of Pakistan's nuclear weapons are likely to keep pace with the growth of Pakistan's arsenal. Pakistan is building two new plutonium production reactors and a new reprocessing facility with which it will be able to fabricate more nuclear weapons fuel.