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> the fissile material is kept well separated from the launch vehicles in Pakistan Where does this information come from? I doubt Pakistan is allowing anyone t

• dogma1138 9y ago
  It's partially true the US pays them to keep the warheads separated and hopes that it pays the Generals more than the Taliban does and with what has been happening to the Pakistani army in the past 10 years there isn't much difference between many of them and the Taliban anymore. But those warheads are not what we in the west would define as warheads they are much closer to the cartoon version of a nuke you would imagine. All their missiles are based on N. Korean or Chinese designs with the Shaheen 1 being the only one who's actually in somewhat operational ready condition. The Shaheen has a range of only about 900KM and with a nuclear warhead that range is estimated to be closer to 700-750KM which means to use their Nukes the pakistanis would have to drive them to the border pretty much. Beyond that they have the Shaheen 2 has about 2000 KM and is a 2 stage missile It's basically 2 Shaheen 1's Chinese M9's but it's not clear what it's operational status is or how much trust Pakistan has in the system.
  • forapurpose 9y ago
    Again, I don't see where this information comes from. Who knows so much about their warheads, how they are stored, U.S. programs to finance that (which sound secret, but I don't know that), etc.?