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US 'confident' in Pakistan nuke security
By AFP
Published: November 10, 2011
WASHINGTON: The United States believes that Pakistans nuclear weapons are in safe hands, a State Department spokesman said on Wednesday, rebutting an earlier report that Islamabads deadly atomic arsenal was vulnerable to theft.
Two US publications, The Atlantic and the National Journal, citing unnamed sources, last week said Pakistan had transported nuclear weapons in low-security vans on congested roads to hide them from US spy agencies.
(Read: Pakistans nuclear weapons vulnerable to theft, alleges report)
State Department spokesman Mark Toner told reporters in Washington that the United States was not persuaded that safety had been compromised.
We have confidence that the government of Pakistan is well aware of the range of potential threats to its nuclear arsenal and is accordingly giving very high priority to securing its nuclear weapons and materials effectively, Toner told reporters.
We continue to have confidence that theyre taking appropriate steps, he said.
Pakistan at the weekend rejected as pure fiction the reports assertion that transporting the weapons in such a manner had made them more susceptible to theft by Islamist militants.
(Read: Pakistan rejects reports of nuclear insecurity)
By AFP
Published: November 10, 2011
WASHINGTON: The United States believes that Pakistans nuclear weapons are in safe hands, a State Department spokesman said on Wednesday, rebutting an earlier report that Islamabads deadly atomic arsenal was vulnerable to theft.
Two US publications, The Atlantic and the National Journal, citing unnamed sources, last week said Pakistan had transported nuclear weapons in low-security vans on congested roads to hide them from US spy agencies.
(Read: Pakistans nuclear weapons vulnerable to theft, alleges report)
State Department spokesman Mark Toner told reporters in Washington that the United States was not persuaded that safety had been compromised.
We have confidence that the government of Pakistan is well aware of the range of potential threats to its nuclear arsenal and is accordingly giving very high priority to securing its nuclear weapons and materials effectively, Toner told reporters.
We continue to have confidence that theyre taking appropriate steps, he said.
Pakistan at the weekend rejected as pure fiction the reports assertion that transporting the weapons in such a manner had made them more susceptible to theft by Islamist militants.
(Read: Pakistan rejects reports of nuclear insecurity)
