Pak Nuclear Arsenal

[Maarkhoor]

why till date pak hasnt tested any h-bomb? :'( any guess on that?

We need chance just like before let India to do first then in the name of minimum deterrence we will do

according to pakistani scientist we have more then we need or in other words double then india have which is about 2.4-2.7 megaton vs india's 1.4-1.5 megaton but both could have more or less no one knows

Neither India nor Pakistan has megaton category bombs, they are very close and megaton bomb could damage it own country also, so both countries normal don't go for that but in recent time India trying to develop H.Bombs against China.

 

[SHAH820]

We need chance just like before let India to do first then in the name of minimum deterrence we will do


Neither India nor Pakistan has megaton category bombs, they are very close and megaton bomb could damage it own country also, so both countries normal don't go for that but in recent time India trying to develop H.Bombs against China.

lol total size of pakistan nuclear arsenal in megaton is about 2.4-2.7 same for india
yeah india goinh to make h-bomb against china first they need to make decent weapon then they should think about making h-bomb their own missile changes direction when they were considered 100% working

 

[Kopa Shamsu]

cold test are done which usually kept secret if pak conducted test for H-bomb no one will ever know
2nd most important thing pakistan and india signed a treaty to not to conduct any nuclear test

according to pakistani scientist we have more then we need or in other words double then india have which is about 2.4-2.7 megaton vs india's 1.4-1.5 megaton but both could have more or less no one knows

2.4-2.7 MT cant be a boosted fission device,its H-bomb,even twice in power then b83,which scientist have said this?

We need chance just like before let India to do first then in the name of minimum deterrence we will do


Neither India nor Pakistan has megaton category bombs, they are very close and megaton bomb could damage it own country also, so both countries normal don't go for that but in recent time India trying to develop H.Bombs against China.

in that case, you will have to wait forever,india wont make her daddy angry,no matter how the bromance is,i dnt think US will be happy listening some slumdogs have citybuster,and china deterrence wont play any role here because US will be directly involved with china.in short,india is too little and unworthy to hold that grand weapon in eyes US.US will use india as a pawn to engage with china,indian current nuke arsenal should be enough to inflict enough damage,though india will cease to exist,the other will be done by US,but H-Bomb is a completely different story.

 

[PAKISTANFOREVER]

Can someone tell me what can be current size of Pakistan nuclear arsenal?and what could be their power in terms of KT?i know those in Wikipedia,want to know opinion from learned people here.though those infos are secret,people still can have some clue i think,i dont need absolute correct info,just an estimation on logical explanation,thank you

Powerful enough to wipe out a nation that is more than 7x bigger than us and has abundant access to the world's most advanced weapons systems whilst we are denied this privilege. Who also has the backing of the entire West. Which is why they don't dare attack us even though they have stated many times that it is their aim to wipe out Pakistan and the Pakistani race.

Wr also have had H-bomb capability since early 2011:

http://isis-online.org/isis-reports...nuclear-weapons-time-for-pakistan-to-rever/12

We are not the world's ONLY Muslim nuclear weapons state for nothing

 

[Kopa Shamsu]

Powerful enough to wipe out a nation that is more than 7x bigger than us and has abundant access to the world's most advanced weapons systems whilst we are denied this privilege. Who also has the backing of the entire West. Which is why they don't dare attack us even though they have stated many times that it is their aim to wipe out Pakistan and the Pakistani race.

Wr also have had H-bomb capability since early 2011:

We are not the world's ONLY Muslim nuclear weapons state for nothing

i know you are only,but we should have more,i would really like turkey and iran to have nuclear weapons with icbm,i know its a tough path,but i dont think its going to be more harder then noko,turkey have economic power and iran has already researched,with slight help they can have it with rapid pace,once they do,nobody will be dare enough to threaten us

Wr also have had H-bomb capability since early 2011:

well this article dsnt say about you having h-bomb

 

[PAKISTANFOREVER]

i know you are only,but we should have more,i would really like turkey and iran to have nuclear weapons with icbm,i know its a tough path,but i dont think its going to be more harder then noko,turkey have economic power and iran has already researched,with slight help they can have it with rapid pace,once they do,nobody will be dare enough to threaten us


well this article dsnt say about you having h-bomb

The article clearly insinuates that Pakistan HAS the capability. In all probably, the conjecture is that Pakistan probably does have a few H-bombs and the capability at the very least.

 

[SHAH820]

2.4-2.7 MT cant be a boosted fission device,its H-bomb,even twice in power then b83,which scientist have said this?


in that case, you will have to wait forever,india wont make her daddy angry,no matter how the bromance is,i dnt think US will be happy listening some slumdogs have citybuster,and china deterrence wont play any role here because US will be directly involved with china.in short,india is too little and unworthy to hold that grand weapon in eyes US.US will use india as a pawn to engage with china,indian current nuke arsenal should be enough to inflict enough damage,though india will cease to exist,the other will be done by US,but H-Bomb is a completely different story.

read the post again, made some changes

 

[YeBeWarned]

let me contact Joint Chief of Strategic Command

 

[BHarwana]

Pakistan has never declared the number of war heads it possess and has never declared the amount of it's enriched Uranium. Pakistan has no need to give that info as we have undergone our Sanctions duration and now they have been lifted. The commonly used number of 130 war heads is an estimate of international Agencies and that is an old report which was accumulated from the day Pakistan tested a Nuclear thermal explosion based on the number and size of Pakistani nuclear reactors but many reactors have been added after that number of 130 was issued. There is no way to tell now how much is Pakistani Nuclear arsenal as the size of Pakistan warhead varies unless Pakistani strategic command releases an official statement. The number of Nuclear reactors has grown from the past due to the shortage of electricity in the country so as a result the nuclear arsenal is multiplying heavily.

 

[Kopa Shamsu]

Pakistan has never declared the number of war heads it possess and has never declared the amount of it's enriched Uranium. Pakistan has no need to give that info as we have undergone our Sanctions duration and now they have been lifted. The commonly used number of 130 war heads is an estimate of international Agencies and that is an old report which was accumulated from the day Pakistan tested a Nuclear thermal explosion based on the number and size of Pakistani nuclear reactors but many reactors have been added after that number of 130 was issued. There is no way to tell now how much is Pakistani Nuclear arsenal as the size of Pakistan warhead varies unless Pakistani strategic command releases an official statement. The number of Nuclear reactors has grown from the past due to the shortage of electricity in the country so as a result the nuclear arsenal is multiplying heavily.

can those reactors produce weapons grade fissile material bro?i hope those are not civil nuclear tech,btw how many reactors pakistan is currently operating?and is there any more plan to build more?if there is then it will be great news

let me contact Joint Chief of Strategic Command

yap bro

 

[SirHatesALot]

300-500 warheads of various payloads and size

 

[LeGenD]

Can someone tell me what can be current size of Pakistan nuclear arsenal?and what could be their power in terms of KT?i know those in Wikipedia,want to know opinion from learned people here.though those infos are secret,people still can have some clue i think,i dont need absolute correct info,just an estimation on logical explanation,thank you

My friend,

Size and capacity of Pakistani nuclear arsenal is a closely guarded secret. In-fact, Asian countries tend to conceal this kind of information from the public on average. Hardly any Pakistani member is in the position to tell you much at personal capacity.

Pakistan have a working relationship with IAEA and US Department of State in regards to protection of its nuclear assets and the latter sources likely have an idea of what Pakistan has in store but they are unlikely to disclose much per relevant terms and conditions.

Nonetheless, notable sources such as SIPRI, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists and Federation of American Scientists provide estimates and updates to the public on yearly basis.

As of January 2017 Pakistan was estimated to possess a stockpile of up to 140 warheads. This marked an increase from the 120–130 warheads estimated in the SIPRI nuclear data for 2016.

From SIPRI: https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/files/2017-06/fs_1707_wnf.pdf (PDF format)

The aforementioned estimate is arguably inflated however:

Even the best of these estimates are still highly speculative, based on assumptions about Pakistan’s goals, the capacity and efficiency of Pakistan’s nuclear materials production facilities, its ability to convert these materials into weapons components, and its ability to build an inventory of adequate numbers of delivery systems. Estimates also assume that 100 percent of available fissile material is being converted into weapons, and that Pakistan’s reprocessing and weapons core fabrication can keep pace with the production of plutonium at the Khushab nuclear complex. These estimates draw criticism and angry responses from Pakistani officials, but a vast majority of the people in Pakistan feel elated reading such reports. The people of Pakistan might be disappointed to learn that, contrary to the prevailing perceptions, the size of Pakistan’s arsenal is, and will remain, substantially smaller than recent reports published in the United States suggest.

Source: http://carnegieendowment.org/2016/06/30/pakistan-s-nuclear-force-structure-in-2025-pub-63912

In the context of yields, concrete figures are absent (besides tested weapons) but Pakistani strategic planners consider low-yield nukes more practical because they can be developed in larger numbers and can be utilized to take out/disable higher number of targets accordingly. Moreover, higher number of warheads have greater scare-factor and propaganda effect accordingly.

Bear in mind that the amount of nuclear weapons produced rest upon Plutonium and HEU stockpiles. Pakistan has about 170 kilograms of plutonium and 3.1 metric tons of HEU. Source (https://thediplomat.com/2015/08/will-pakistan-soon-have-the-worlds-third-largest-nuclear-arsenal/)

You can also learn a great deal from following sources:

https://fas.org/nuke/guide/pakistan/nuke/
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-v-micallef/the-other-bomb-pakistans_b_9180504.html
http://www.nti.org/learn/countries/pakistan/nuclear/
http://carnegieendowment.org/2016/0...apons-and-their-impact-on-stability-pub-63911
https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/Nuclearweaponswhohaswhat
https://fas.org/blogs/security/2016/11/pakistan-nuclear-infrastructure/
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00963402.2016.1241520

 

[Kopa Shamsu]

My friend,
Bear in mind that the amount of nuclear weapons produced depends upon Plutonium and HEU stockpile. Pakistan has about 170 kilograms of plutonium and 3.1 metric tons of HEU.

thanks bro,one more question,is this figure intact after pakistan having the existing nukes?or existing nukes have been made up from it?if those materials are intact,then how many more pakistan can develop in your mind?and plutonium can be used to develop h bomb as far as i know,if pakistan want,how many h bomb they can get??

 

[LeGenD]

thanks bro,one more question,is this figure intact after pakistan having the existing nukes?or existing nukes have been made up from it?if those materials are intact,then how many more pakistan can develop in your mind?and plutonium can be used to develop h bomb as far as i know,if pakistan want,how many h bomb they can get??

Welcome.

I cannot say with certainty whether the stockpiles of 0.17 metric tons of Plutonium and 3.1 metric tons of HEU are not utilized or utilized.

As for number of warheads possible:

Currently, Pakistan has four operational plutonium production reactors at its Khushab complex. Assuming the reactors run at 60 percent capacity, each would produce slightly less than two weapons’ worth of plutonium per year, toward a total output of around 36 kilograms of plutonium—six warheads at 6 kilograms per warhead—per year. This suggests that Pakistan could produce up to 60 plutonium warheads over the next decade. The gross total of warheads by 2025, both plutonium- and HEU-based, should be 220, based on available unofficial estimates: 120 warheads in the current arsenal, plus 100 additional warheads. Kristensen and Norris have likewise estimated the size of Pakistan’s arsenal in 2025 to be between 220 and 250 warheads.

Arriving at these figures entails making a number of assumptions about the number and capacity of Pakistan’s centrifuges; the efficiency of Pakistani plutonium production reactors; their uninterrupted operation throughout the year; the amount of HEU and plutonium needed for each warhead; Pakistan’s requirements for naval propulsion; whether Pakistan has been and will continue to convert all of the available material into warheads or maintain some reserve of fissile materials outside warheads; whether Pakistan has determined an upper figure for the size of its arsenal; and Pakistan’s capacity to produce and stockpile requisite delivery systems for all these warheads. Finally, these estimates all assume that Pakistan will continue to produce fissile materials until 2025, rather than ceasing production somewhere in the near future, having satisfied its operational needs.

You can find some answers in this source: http://carnegieendowment.org/2016/06/30/pakistan-s-nuclear-force-structure-in-2025-pub-63912

 

[Awan68]

Pakistan nuclear arsenal currently comprises 32 kg pakoras, 10 kg samosas and 1 Kulbhushan Jadhav