Pakistan’s Nuclear weapons program was initiated by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in 1972 and now it is one of the only eight declared nuclear powers of the world. Pakistan has also increased research and development into tactical nuclear weapons, which are the weapons with ‘low yield’ and ‘short range’. Pakistan tactical nuclear weapons are criticized by the international community often, but in fact they are considered to be as a shield against different types of the threats, the country has in the region. Pakistan nuclear missiles are considered to be ‘trigger’ for arms race in the region. This is because only eight countries in the world have the right to carry on their nuclear programs.
The Pakistan nuclear missiles program saw a major advance when Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan established Engineering Research Laboratories in 1976. In 1998, Pakistan conducted a nuclear test which was a response to India’s nuclear test the same year. Before the nuclear test, Pakistan was always under-estimated and was considered as an economically weak and under-developed country. However, it was evident from Bhutto’s statement that Pakistan would do anything to show its power in the sub-continent. He said that ‘If India builds the bomb, we will eat grass or leaves, even go hungry, but we will get one of our own’.
Al-Nasr missile: The most dangerous development in the sub-continent
Ever since Pakistan declared its Pakistan Nasr missile, it has been criticized more for triggering arms race in the region. The Pakistan Nasr missile, was first introduced in 2011, and is a 60-kilometer ranged, multi-tube, solid fueled, low yield, battlefield missile. It was developed to attack mechanized forces. In a Pakistan Nasr missile video a successful test was shown as witnessed by the Director General Strategic Plans Division, Lieutenant General (retired) Khalid Ahmed Kidwai, senior officers of the strategic forces, Chairman NESCOM Mr. Irfan Burney, and a team of strategic organizations engineers and scientists.
The Pakistan Nasr missile is considered to provide the country with a short range missile, while there were long and medium ranges missile already available. The research and development of Pakistan tactical nuclear weapons is very important, particularly because of its location, as it is neighbor to its cultural rival; India.
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