Defence Expert Praful Bakshi on Monday said that the findings in US think-tank report on Pakistan’s growing nuclear weaponry were exaggerated .
According to a study by the US based think-tank Council on Foreign Relations, Pakistan’s nuclear strength could reach up to 200 nuclear devices in the next six years.
It read: “Though many states are downsizing their stockpiles, Asia is witnessing a buildup; Pakistan has the fastest-growing nuclear program in the world. By 2020, it could have a stockpile of fissile material that, if weaponized, could produce as many as two hundred nuclear devices.”
It also said South Asia was most at risk from unresolved territorial disputes, terrorism and growing nuclear strength.
Bakshi said the findings of the study were exaggerated.
“Personally I feel that this is an exaggerated thing. They can have tactical nuclear weapons right from a missile to a bunker buster. There are nuclear artillery shells nowadays. So we are not very clear as to what this think tank is trying to say,” said Bakshi.
Meanwhile, Nationalist Congress Party of India (NCP) leader Majid Memon said that Pakistan should refrain from trying to intimidate India.
“Pakistan is within its right to strengthen its defence or to equip itself with the latest nuclear weaponry, it is their business. But they should not make it look as if it is a kind of intimidating threat to India,” said Memon. (ANI)