“The nuclearisation of the Indian Ocean has begun,” Zafar Jaspal, a nuclear security expert at Islamabad’s Quaid-e-Azam University, told Vox. It has also reached a deal with China to buy eight more diesel-electric attack submarines that can be equipped with nuclear weapons. The ultimate authority over nuclear weapons in both countries rests with civilian leaders. Pakistan, for its part, has established a state-of-the-art system for the safety of its nuclear weapons. The development of low-yield tactical nuclear weapons is the clearest example of this, Vox noted.

Source: The Express Tribune April 03, 2018 10:31 UTC