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Pakistan, MIRVs, and Counterforce Targeting

| May 2016

"Strategic competition between Pakistan and India is intensifying. Both countries have now entered into a phase of modernization and expansion of their respective strategic forces, reflecting significant investments in strategic programs. Their fissile material production capacities have grown substantially and they have inducted a plethora of new delivery systems. Both are in the process of fielding nuclear triads. Technological advancements are underway in: modern combat aircraft and air defense capabilities; cruise and ballistic missiles; sea-based deterrents; tactical nuclear weapons (TNWs); ballistic missile defense (BMD); and multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles (MIRVs). India and Pakistan now possess more new types of nuclear weapon delivery vehicles than the United States..."

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For Academic Citation: Ahmed, Mansoor & Feroz H. Khan. “Pakistan, MIRVs, and Counterforce Targeting.” In The Lure and Pitfalls of MIRVs: From the First to the Second Nuclear Age. May 2016.
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Mansoor Ahmed

Mansoor Ahmed

  • Honorary Lecturer in the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs/College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University
  • Former Associate, Project on Managing the Atom (MTA), August 2018–June 2019; Former Postdoctoral Fellow, International Security Program (ISP)/MTA, July 2016–July 2018; Former Stanton Nuclear Security Junior Faculty Fellow, ISP/MTA, 2015–2016
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