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Under Pakistani president Benazir Bhutto, the country built its first functioning nuclear weapon. We believe that during Bhutto's term in office, the People's Republic of China tested Pakistan's first bomb for her in 1990.There are numerous reasons why we believe this to be true, including the design of the weapon and information gathered from discussions with Chinese nuclear experts. That's why the Pakistanis were so quick to respond to the Indian nuclear tests in 1998. It only took them two weeks and three days. When the Soviet Union took the United States by surprise with a test in 1961, it took the U.S. seventeen days to prepare and test, a device that had been on hand for years. The Pakistani response makes it clear that the gadget tested in May 1998 was a carefully engineered device in which they had great confidence.
Read the complete interview, its pretty interesting.
No wonder A.Q.Khan was handing it out to other nations like candy. After all, if they had to work really hard to come up with this on their own, they would have understood its sensitivity and importance. One does not understand the value of something that is gained easily. It holds particularly true here. Only a lot of other nations have to be worried about their safety because of two of the biggest criminal proliferating countries of Pakistan and China. Its our bad luck that they are our neighbors.
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