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2011-05-18 India-Pakistan

Pakistan Rushes to Finish Construction of Fourth Nuclear Reactor

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Posted by Zebulon Thranter9685 2011-05-18 09:31|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 What on earth does Pakistain need 100 nuclear weapons?

Where are they getting the money for this fourth reactor?

Finally, my acute conspiracy theorist tendencies tell me there is more to this than just India. Perchance Pakistain's nuke program is being funded by OBL and the other terrorist networks? Is it possible ISI and the Pak nuclear agency is working hand in glove with AQ to develop weaponry for a nuclear attack on several western countries?

This is very strange and the worst case scenario is very disturbing to US national security.

Posted by Bill Clinton 2011-05-18 13:00|| 2011-05-18 13:00|| Front Page Top

#2 What on earth does Pakistain need 100 nuclear weapons?

Where are they getting the money for this fourth reactor?

Finally, my acute conspiracy theorist tendencies tell me there is more to this than just India. Perchance Pakistain's nuke program is being funded by OBL and the other terrorist networks? Is it possible ISI and the Pak nuclear agency is working hand in glove with AQ to develop weaponry for a nuclear attack on several western countries?

This is very strange and the worst case scenario is very disturbing to US national security.

Posted by Bill Clinton 2011-05-18 13:02|| 2011-05-18 13:02|| Front Page Top

#3 Dang double post!!

I apologize for my ineptitude.

Posted by Bill Clinton 2011-05-18 13:03|| 2011-05-18 13:03|| Front Page Top

#4 They need a 100 bombs for the same reason we needed 14,000 warheads back in the day.

Just to ensure that one could bounce the rubble an impressive number of times.

More seriously, to ensure that an adversary understands that even if they stopped MOST of Pakistain's bombs from being delivered, the ones that got through would still devastate said adversary.

100, I think, is about the threshold for the Indian (ooops, fictional adversary) anti-air and anti-ballistic missile defense systems at present. The Indians have made impressive strides but they won't stop a concerted attempt to deliver 100 warheads. That's the point. If the Indians demonstrate over the next few years that they CAN stop the delivery of all/almost all of 100 warheads, the Paks will build 300.

And so on.

Posted by Steve White 2011-05-18 13:12|| 2011-05-18 13:12|| Front Page Top

#5 Go ahead, boys, rush that reactor to completion. Hire more workers. Work more shifts. Buy more concrete and rebar. Fly in more Chinese copies of Russian-designed reactor control panels.

What could possibly go wrong? Insh'allan, baby.

Posted by Steve White 2011-05-18 13:16|| 2011-05-18 13:16|| Front Page Top

#6 VARIOUS > PAKISTAN BUILDS LOW-YIELD NUCLEAR [Weapons]CAPABILITY.

POSTERS = argue that by Year 2050, already nukulaar Pakistan will be the World's most potent Muslim State in terms of population + geopol power. PAKISTAN HAS ALWAYS DESIRED TO BE A LEADING CENTER OF ISLAMIC THOUGHT + INFLUENCE, MORESO BECAUSE OF THE HISTORICAL FAILURE OF [post-Mogul/Moghul = "Golden Age"]ISLAMIC IDEOS TO DOMINATE HINDU-CONTROLLED INDIA.

As curren illustrated by the ongoing post-Mubarak, Sunni-Saudi-Arabia-vs-Shia-Iran brouhaha, the GWOT IS AS MUCH AN INTER-MUSLIM/ISLAMIC COMPETITION OR STRUGGLE FOR POWER + DOMINANCE, ETC. AS ANY OTHER PREMISE.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-05-18 19:58|| 2011-05-18 19:58|| Front Page Top

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