'Father' of Pakistan's atomic bomb doubts North Korea will deploy nukes

[Zarvan]

Dr. Abdul Qadeer (A.Q.) Khan, the so-called “father of the Islamic nuclear bomb," says he doubts North Korea will explode a nuclear device in its current face-off with the United States and South Korea, saying the regime of Kim Jong Un is "not very stupid."
From his luxurious home in Islamabad, Khan, whose newly found political party is inserting itself into the Pakistan’s upcoming elections, said he did not think the North Koreans are “trigger happy.”
In an exclusive 30-minute phone interview, Kahn told Fox News: "Oh, no, no, no, they (the North Koreans ) are not very stupid … few people blow it up and get hype, blow it against proportion. North Korea is such a small country, if America drops a single bomb, there won’t be any North Korea on the map of the world. The North Koreans know it very well and the Americans know it very well, but for sheer propaganda and publicity both play the game.”
North Korea’s last nuclear test on Feb. 11 was described as a miniaturized atomic bomb of six-seven kilotons mounted on a Nodong missile, technology brought to Pakistan from North Korea by Khan in the early 1990’s.
“Officially we had a program with them," Khan said in his interview with Fox. "I went there twice…we had a missile program.”
It has been widely reported Khan visited North Korea more than a dozen times to secure the Nodong missile design, which he renamed as the Ghauri. Pakistan first demonstrated its successful nuclear detonation in Chagai in May 1998, under Khan’s supervision.
His lab research center, Khan Research Labs (KRL) in Kahuta, quickly became known worldwide for selling and spreading nuclear weapons technology. Khan became a “nuclear Johnny Appleseed," spreading weapons technology to anyone who would pay the price.
Khan’s client list includes Libya, China, Iran and others. Despite his 2004 confession on Pakistani national television, Khan continues to blame several high-ranking military and government officials including Benazir Bhutto, who was twice elected prime minister before being killed in a suicide bomb attack in December 2007.
Bhutto’s husband, Asif Ali Zardar, is currently serving as the current president of Pakistan.
And now, as Khan steps into a roiling political election season, his party - TTP, for Tehreek –e-Tahaffuz - has chosen a missile as its symbol.
Khan told Fox News his party’s name means “safety of Pakistan.”
“Since I have been associated with the nuclear program … I took the missile because everyone said I should choose the missile … it is very simple and easy for the people to remember.”
There are more than 85 million registered voters in a nuclear armed country of 180 million people. Pakistan is struggling with Al Qaeda and Taliban terrorist franchises.
Its citizens have spent the past decade in a never-ending cycle of sectarian violence, unemployment, chronic food and energy shortages.
In addition, the withdrawal of U.S.-led forces in neighboring Afghanistan is looming.
One of the biggest Western concerns has been of that of a “dirty bomb” manufactured from stolen fissile material of Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal, which is under the control of the country’s Strategic Planning Division. SPD has assured the international community several times over the years that these concerns are unwarranted.
Washington fears nuclear weapons may be vulnerable to militant attacks or suspected rogue elements within Pakistan’s powerful military.
When asked by Fox News if the Pakistani nukes are safe, Khan responded confidently that “they are quite safe.”
TTP is also the acronym for the Pakistani Taliban, which has vowed to disrupt the upcoming May elections with what has been described in recent published report as a “tsunami of violence.”


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[Pervez_Ali_Paracha]

Father of Pak's atomic bomb or Thief of Pak's atomic bomb

 

[Sinnerman108]

Father of Pak's atomic bomb or Thief of Pak's atomic bomb

don't know about those, but a silly person for sure !

 

[Pervez_Ali_Paracha]

AQ Khan should be killed......He stole nuclear technology and did black marketing of nuclear technology and sold it to North Korea

 

[Thəorətic Muslim]

Ever heard about Realism? Its a International Relations Theory that says States are Rational Actors.

Every Realist will say this.

 

[priti]

the chinese are equally guilty of this.

 

[Secur]

the chinese are equally guilty of this.

Go cry me a river over it ! Or complain to Beijing

He is and will be considered a hero in Pakistan , nobody cares what anyone else says ...

 

[RazorMC]

Dr. Abdul Qadeer (A.Q.) Khan, the so-called “father of the Islamic nuclear bomb," says he doubts ...

This is where I stopped.

It is not as Islamic bomb.

There was no development work from any maulana or a madrassah. It was developed by a Pakistani team of scientists to secure Pakistan's interests and safeguard it from perceived enemies.

And yet there's this crap being put out by infotainment employees that are too lazy to research the topic they are writing about.

 

[priti]

Go cry me a river over it ! Or complain to Beijing

He is and will be considered a hero in Pakistan , nobody cares what anyone else says ...

who is crying.. pakistan has a tendency to idolize crooks.. dawood, osama etc.

 

[arp2041]

It is not as Islamic bomb.

Oh ofcourse it is, for 2 reasons:

1. It is the first & only Nuclear weapon with an Islamic State.

2. Read about a tacit understanding b/w Pakistan & other muslim nations that this bomb will provide a sort of nuclear umbrella to all Islamic state (correct me if wrong here).

So, calling it an ISLAMIC BOMB makes sense I guess.

 

[Secur]

who is crying.. pakistan has a tendency to idolize crooks.. dawood, osama etc.

See you have started

 

[priti]

See you have started

accha.. then anything you guys speak about india is only crying...
anaywa.. the other troll fest closed..

 

[RazorMC]

Oh ofcourse it is, for 2 reasons:

1. It is the first & only Nuclear weapon with an Islamic State.

2. Read about a tacit understanding b/w Pakistan & other muslim nations that this bomb will provide a sort of nuclear umbrella to all Islamic state (correct me if wrong here).

So, calling it an ISLAMIC BOMB makes sense I guess.

1. Other countries are free to do it too. But they lack the resolve to face a tough response from the global community. Islam has nothing to do here. Pakistan was forced by circumstances to pursue this path. Or we can all agree on categorizing bombs based on the majority religion of the country where they were developed: Atheist, Catholic and Protestant Christian, Jewish, Hindu and possibly a Shi'a Islamic bomb.

2. Libya, Iraq and Afghanistan are Muslim majority countries and we haven't dropped a bomb anywhere. So the understanding is probably a myth.

 

[arp2041]

1. Other countries are free to do it too. But they lack the resolve to face a tough response from the global community. Islam has nothing to do here. Pakistan was forced by circumstances to pursue this path. Or we can all agree on categorizing bombs based on the majority religion of the country where they were developed: Atheist, Catholic and Protestant Christian, Jewish, Hindu and possibly a Shi'a Islamic bomb.

I don't think ANY of the country who had developed nukes earlier than Pakistan EVER called it a BOMB based on Majority religion.

2. Libya, Iraq and Afghanistan are Muslim majority countries and we haven't dropped a bomb anywhere. So the understanding is probably a myth.

Mate, I think you don't understand what "Nuclear Umbrella" means. It's not a retaliation to conventional strike but a non-conventional/nuclear first strike.

 

[bc040400065]

And u Indians have a tendency of beleiving what your stupid media tells you. go ask anyone on the street, 99.99% don't even know who the hell this dawood is, and 99% don't care why osama was in abbottabad or what he did on 9/11.