Pakistan making new nuclear website online to make nuclear bombs
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Pakistan
is making new nuclear site to make nuclear bombs near the Islamabad.
The new findings has come into light by recent released satellite
images. Pakistan, which conducted its first nuclear tests in 1998 is
believed to have around 120 nuclear weapons, more than India, Israel and
North Korea.
A 2015 report written by scholars at the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace and the Stimson Center said Pakistan could increase
its stockpile by 20 warheads a year and have the world’s third largest
in a decade.
“The area of interest is approximately 1.2 hectares and is located
within the secure area of the Khan Research Laboratories (KRL), in the
southwestern part of the complex,” said the statementKarl Dewey, a
proliferation analyst at IHS Jane’s added: “It is sited within an
established centrifuge facility, has strong security and shows some of
the structural features of a possible new uranium enrichment facility.
This makes it a strong candidate for a new centrifuge facility
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