Amid growing tensions between India and Pakistan following the 11/26 Mumbai terror attacks, Pakistani nuclear scientist Dr. Samar Mubarakmand spoke of the readiness of Pakistani missiles and of their capability to target Indian cities. Dr. Mubarakmand, who has steered the Pakistani nuclear program for the past several decades alongside disgraced nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, expressed his views during a talk show.
Following are excerpts from the interview, as published in the Urdu-language Pakistani newspaper Roznama Express:
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My Comment: Such talk (right after the attack at Mumbai) will only inflame the situation. To state that your nuclear forces are on hair trigger alert .... on their launchers .... and can be fired in 10 minutes .... this is irresponsibility in the extreme.