KARACHI, Pakistan -The daring commando-style raid on the Mehran naval airbase in Karachi has raised concerns over the security of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal. If a handful of trained men can keep a maximum security military installation under siege for sixteen hours, it is impossible to believe they can't take control of Pakistan's nuclear weapons.
On Wednesday, once again blood flowed on a Pakistani street when a suicide bomber rammed his car into a police station in Peshawar in the morning. Every terror attack now is an audacious thumbing of the nose at Pakistan's security capability.
Source: AgencyOn Wednesday, once again blood flowed on a Pakistani street when a suicide bomber rammed his car into a police station in Peshawar in the morning. Every terror attack now is an audacious thumbing of the nose at Pakistan's security capability.
- The most worrying and possibly the most humiliating of recent attacks was on Sunday when Tehrik-e-Taliban, in an attempt to avenge Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's death, attacked the high-security naval airbase PNS Mehran near Karachi. That night, Pakistan lost two American-built P-3C Orions, the country's most feared maritime surveillance, early warning and anti-submarine airplane.
- The Mehran naval airbase is just a short distance away from one of the stock piles of nuclear weapons that Pakistan has spread across the country. The question is: Could terrorists target one such installation in the future?
- Across the border in India too, there is a growing worry about the increasing vulnerability of Pakistan's nuclear weapons. Indian security analyst Brahma Chellaney told Headlines Today on Wednesday, "Pakistan has built up a terror infrastructure and now it is reaping a bitter harvest." Even NATO has expressed concern over the safety of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal.
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