On his maiden visit to the US as Pakistan prime minister, Abbasi also said that Pakistan's nuclear arsenal was safe and secure. On the assertion that Pakistan has the fastest growing nuclear arsenal in the world, Abbasi said: "As far as tactical nuclear weapons (are concerned), we do not have any field tactical nuclear weapons." "We have developed short-range nuclear weapons as a counter to the Cold Start doctrine that India has developed. Again, those are in the same command-and-control authority that controls the other strategic weapons," Abbasi said in response to a question at the Council on Foreign Relations, a top American think-tank. Cold Start doctrine was developed by the Indian Army for a possible war with Pakistan.

Source: India Today September 21, 2017 08:52 UTC