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Before 1971, Pakistan's nuclear development was peaceful but an effective deterrent against India, as Benazir Bhutto maintained in 1995. [24] Pakistan's nuclear energy programme was established and started in 1956 following the establishment of PAEC. Pakistan became a participant in US President Eisenhower's Atoms for Peace program.
Pakistan is also not a party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Pakistan covertly developed nuclear weapons over decades, beginning in the late 1970s. Pakistan first delved into nuclear power after the establishment of its first nuclear power plant near Karachi with equipment and materials supplied mainly by western nations in the early ...
The use of (a) nuclear weapon(s) on Pakistan's soil against foreign attacking forces. [1] The use of (a) nuclear weapon(s) against critical but purely military targets on foreign soil, probably in thinly populated areas in the desert or semi-desert, causing the least collateral damage.
The Full spectrum deterrence [1] (previously known as Minimum Credible Deterrence (MCD; officially named N-deterrence [2] [3]) is the defence and strategic principle on which the atomic weapons programme of Pakistan is based. [4]
Chagai-I was Pakistan's first public test of nuclear weapons. China's supply of a nuclear reactor in 1993 and nuclear technology prior to that for the Chashma Nuclear Power Plant helped to achieve it. Its timing was a direct response to India's second nuclear test Pokhran-II, on 11 and 13 May 1998.
Abdul Qadeer Khan, a controversial figure known as the father of Pakistan’s nuclear bomb, died Sunday of COVID-19 following a lengthy illness, his family said. Khan, who launched Pakistan on the ...
Designed and developed by the National Engineering & Scientific Commission, Shaheen-II is a capable of nuclear weapons-delivery at vast range, and it is described as "highly capable missile which fully meets Pakistan's strategic needs towards maintenance of desired deterrence stability in the region" by the Pakistani military. [2] [3] [4]
The Shaheen-I is a nuclear weapons-delivery capable and short-range ballistic missile with a range of 750 km (470 mi); it is propelled by two-stage solid-fuel rocket motor. [2] The Shaheen-I is said to be extremely accurate and precise with Pakistani military data stating that its CEP is between 25 m (82 ft)–50 m (160 ft). [ 4 ]