10,000 men protecting N-assets: official

[SABRE]

10,000 men protecting N-assets: official​

By Kamran Yousaf
Thursday, 28 May, 2009 | 04:16 AM PST |
DAWN.COM | Pakistan | 10,000 men protecting N-assets: official

ISLAMABAD: A senior official of the country’s premier defence nuclear establishment has said that a large force of nearly 10,000 people is in place to ensure security of Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal and western fears about the safety of the weapons are unfounded.

Air Commodore Khalid Banuri, who is director of arms control and disarmament affairs at the Strategic Plans Division (SPD), said that Pakistan’s ‘command and control structure’ for the weapons was better than that of many other nuclear states, and many countries and their experts had officially acknowledged this.

In a rare interview with DawnNews, Air Commodore Banuri described as ‘preposterous’ western media reports that Pakistan’s nuclear weapons might fall into wrong hands — terrorists or other non-state actors. ‘The intent clearly appears to be mala fide,’ he said. ‘It does not make sense for anyone to continue to harp on this despite having understanding of how Pakistan does its work.’

He said: ‘We have taken stringent measures which are legislative, institutional, procedural and administrative. We have ensured all aspects of nuclear capability.’

Elaborating, he said that a large force of highly trained and professional people — in fact over 10,000 people were looking after the security of the nuclear assets.

Answering a question, Air Commodore Banuri said Pakistan constantly maintained contact with a number of states on the nuclear issue.

‘We have interaction with several countries, including the US, EU and Japan, and the IAEA. What we have with the US, this is clearly known…. Our interaction with the US is based on the two basic principles, non-intrusiveness and our right to pick and choose.’ However, he made it clear that such interactions did not mean that Pakistan had granted access to anyone to its nuclear assets.

DawnNews TV will air a special report titled ‘Who’s afraid of the bomb’ at 3.30pm on Thursday, and the detailed interview of Air Commodore Khalid Banuri at 11.30pm on Friday

 

[chindit]

that should be enough to scare any american yahoos planning a nuke weapon 'take over '

 

[sergente rehan]

This shows how meanless is the propaganda about our nuclear assets!!

Now i want to see the world reaction....despite that of indian which will remain the same...

 

[Enigma SIG]

This will not stop the american spreading paranoia about the our nukes; it will just give them another reason to explain why our measures are inadequate...
They should first try to control their nuclear bombs which were armed and flown all over the US without the pentagon knowing

 

[jawadqamar]

10,000 men protecting N-assets: official​

By Kamran Yousaf
Thursday, 28 May, 2009 | 04:16 AM PST |
DAWN.COM | Pakistan | 10,000 men protecting N-assets: official

DawnNews TV will air a special report titled ‘Who’s afraid of the bomb’ at 3.30pm on Thursday, and the detailed interview of Air Commodore Khalid Banuri at 11.30pm on Friday

Anyone with youtube link to Who’s afraid of the bomb please