Wednesday, December 12, 2007

AL QAEDA, TALIBAN TARGETING PAKISTANI NUCLEAR SITES

Map of major Pakistani Air Force bases, including the nuclear sites of Kamra and Sargodha. Pakistani air bases are the most likely sites to house nuclear weapons storage and launch facilities. Click to view.
Bill Roggio has been following and reporting on developments in South Asia and probably has the best understanding of things there. This report looks at the history of attacks on Paki airbases in order to obtain nuclear devices.
FROM FRONTPAGEMAG.COM:
AL QAEDA, TALIBAN TARGETING PAKISTANI NUCLEAR SITES
By Bill Roggio

Yesterday's suicide bombing at the Kamra Air Force Base in Punjab was not the first strike at a nuclear weapons storage facility. After a closer look at the bases struck inside Pakistan since August, at least two more strikes occurred either on or near nuclear weapons storage facilities, based on open source information on Pakistan's nuclear weapons programs. Since August 2007, there have been two suicide attacks at or near the Sargodha Air Force Base, a nuclear weapons and missile storage facility in central Punjab province. Other attacks in Punjab and the Northwest Frontier Province may be aimed at facilities providing regional security for Pakistan's nuclear program.
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