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Pak says reports of increase in nuke warheads 'speculative' | Pakistan has rejected reports that it has enhanced its
nuclear capabilities and has considerably increased the number of its nuclear warheads from 60 to around 70-90. Interacting with media persons after a meeting
with Minister for Religious Affairs, Hamid Saeed Kazmi, Foreign Minister Shah
Mehmood Qureshi termed the reports 'speculative'. Qureshi said Pakistan is against
an arms race in the region and does not have any aggressive designs against any
country. "Pakistan is a peaceful country and wants to establish peace in the region
but minimum credible deterrence is right of Pakistan and it will be maintained
at all cost," The Dawn quoted Qureshi, as saying. According to a study in the
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Pakistan is pushing ahead with a plutonium-based
nuclear programme, superior to its previous uranium technology program. The report
concluded that Pakistan has an arsenal of 70 to 90 nuclear weapons and is 'busily
enhancing its capabilities across the board.' "The US Defence Intelligence Agency
in 1999 had estimated that Pakistan has 25 to 35 warheads and would have between
60 and 80 by 2020," the report said The report, carried by The Telegraph, also
said that a new nuclear-capable ballistic missile is being readied for deployment
and two nuclear-capable cruise missiles are under development.
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