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Ticking Closer to Nuclear Midnight: In a danger clandestine move, Pakistan has been advancing the capabilities of its nuclear weapons program. Pakistan's Nuclear Arms Push Angers AmericaSource: The London TelegraphPakistan has been secretly accelerating the pace of its nuclear weapons program, infuriating the US which is trying to cap worldwide stocks of fissile material and improve fraught relations with a fragile ally in the Afghanistan war.The Institute for Science and International Security, a Washington-based nuclear watchdog, has obtained satellite images showing that a row of cooling towers at Pakistan's secret Khushab-III reactor has been completed. This suggests the plant could begin operation within months, allowing Pakistan substantially to increase its stockpiles of weapons-grade plutonium. Khushab-III is the latest in a series of reactors built to feed Pakistan's nuclear weapons program. Khushab-II, located next to its new sister plant, became operational in February. The plutonium produced at the complex allows for the construction of small but lethal weapons: a single kilogram can produce an explosion equal to 20,000 tons of conventional explosives. Work at Khushab III has forged ahead even as Pakistan struggles to cope with floods that have inflicted damage estimated at $43 billion – and amid mounting concerns over the long-term security of the strife-devastated country's nuclear arsenal.
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Ticking Closer to Nuclear Midnight: In a danger clandestine move, Pakistan has been advancing the capabilities of its nuclear weapons program. Pakistan's Nuclear Arms Push Angers AmericaSource: The London TelegraphPakistan has been secretly accelerating the pace of its nuclear weapons program, infuriating the US which is trying to cap worldwide stocks of fissile material and improve fraught relations with a fragile ally in the Afghanistan war.
