Pakistan's fourth nuclear reactor has India worried

[kristopher]

Pakistan's fourth nuclear reactor has India worried
Sachin Parashar, TNN | May 19, 2011, 01.34am IST

NEW DELHI: Pakistan is focusing on building low-yield, tactical nuclear weapons which it can use in case of skirmishes at the border with India. After disclosures that Pakistan is building its fourth reactor at the Khushab military facility, fresh estimates made by security and intelligence officials here suggest that Pakistan now has the capability to add 8-10 such weapons in its kitty every year.

The figure is likely to go up considerably once the new reactor becomes operational in less than two years. Latest satellite images revealed recently that Pakistan has expedited work on the fourth reactor, a plutonium producing facility.

The news is a surprise, if not shock, to the government here. Its belief, based on assessment by top scientists, was that Pakistan was unlikely to undertake this sort of expansion as it did not have enough uranium.

...Former chief of joint intelligence committee S D Pradhan, who has closely followed Pakistan's nuclear-weapon program, says Pakistan's desire for such weapons is one of the main reasons for the acceleration of its nuclear program...

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Pakistans-fourth-nuclear-reactor-has-India-worried/articleshow/8427229.cms

[damntexdem]

1. They shouldn't be so concerned about Pakistani nuclear weapons as ...

Pakistani earthquakes.

[kristopher]

2. Plutonium, no less.

Bad enough if it's uranium...

Here is another case to consider.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=115x295068