Pakistan WMD Stats
Overview:
Pakistan embarked on a nuclear weapon program in the early 1970s after its defeat and break up in the Indo-Bangladesh war of 1971. Islamabad regards nuclear weapons as essential to safeguard the South Asian balance of power and offset its conventional inferiority and lack of strategic depth against India. The technological complexity associated with nuclear weapons and their systems of delivery is also closely tied to Pakistan's post-colonial identity as the first Muslim nation to have acquired such a capability. There is no reliable, publicly available information to suggest that Pakistan has biological or chemical weapons.
Definitions
- Biological: A description of the nation's situation with regards to the possession and manufacture of biological weapons of mass destruction
- Chemical: A description of the nation's situation with regards to the possession and manufacture of chemical weapons of mass destruction
- Missile: A description of the nation's situation with regards to the possession and manufacture of missile weapons of mass destruction
- Nuclear: A description of the nation's situation with regards to the possession and manufacture of nuclear weapons