Wednesday, June 28, 2017

The Growth Of India's And Pakistan's Nuclear Arsenals Raising Concerns On The Possibility Of A Nuclear War


VOA: Growing Nuclear Arsenals Increase Concerns About Possible Pakistan-India War

India and Pakistan have fought three wars and have been on the brink of another several times, a worrying prospect given that both have growing stockpiles of nuclear weapons and questions about how secure they are.

The arms race between the South Asian neighbors has moved to enhancing the delivery systems for the warheads, which could annihilate the subcontinent several times. India's recent launch of more than 100 satellites with a single rocket foreshadows the capability of sending up a missile with multiple nuclear weapons.

The volatility of the situation is further exacerbated because neither country has a national missile defense system, and it likely would take several years to get one in place.

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2 comments:

James said...

Apparently the Turk's are making some big noise in northern Syria.

"Sebastian" said...

They want to annex a part of Syria, the conflict with the kurds is just smoke and mirrors.