Pakistan expands nuclear arsenal

Pakistan: A recent report published in the prominent US Newsweek magazine indicates that Pakistan is "aggressively accelerating construction of reactors" at the Khushab nuclear site, about 140 miles south of Islamabad. American nuclear experts say Pakistan is also greatly expanding plutonium production for its nuclear weapons programme. They also claim that Pakistan's nuclear production may even surpass France's nuclear stockpile.

Eric Edelman, American under-secretary of defence during the George W Bush administration, recently said, "You're talking about Pakistan even potentially passing France at some point. That's extraordinary."France is ranked as the world's fourth nuclear power with 290 nuclear warheads. Pakistani officials say about 70,000 people are now engaged in the country's nuclear industry. Press TV