Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
PAK. READY FOR ANOTHER N-TEST AT CHAGAI: NEWSPAPER
The Hindu
News Update 20.00 hrs, May 15 2000
Islamabad, May 15. (UNI):
Pakistan is believed to have
made all preparations to
carry out its seventh nuclear
test in Chagai.
Islamabad-based English
daily, The Pakistan
Observer said that the
preparations come in the
wake of Intelligence reports
that ``India is all set for
hydrogen bomb explosion in
Pokhran very soon.''
According to the paper,
Pakistan will then sign the
Comprehensive Test Ban
Treaty (CTBT). By signing it,
Pakistan will neutralise the
world reaction over the bomb
explosion, the paper said.
Quoting diplomatic sources in
Islamabad, the paper said
``some spy satellites
operating in the region had
also picked up pictures
showing both India and
Pakistan's preparations in this
regard.''
Pakistan's seventh nuclear
test will be plutonium-based
instead of enriched uranium.
The 1998 Chagai blast was
based on uranium. About 20
kg of uranium is required for
one device whereas only six
kg plutonium is needed for
preparing the device, the
paper said.
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