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    Pakistan Transports Its Nukes in Everyday Vans

    Nuclear bombs capable of pulverizing entire cities should probably be kept in a safe place. According to The Atlantic's new cover story, in Pakistan, they're transported in civilian-style vans through busy traffic. That's just one of the hair-raising revelations in a new report by The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg and National Journal's Marc Ambinder about the deteriorating relationship between the U.S. and Pakistan. In "The Ally from Hell," they reveal how Pakistani officials, in the aftermath of the U.S. raid on Osama bin Laden's compound, are transporting nuclear weapons in increasingly hazardous ways in order to keep the U.S. guessing about its deadly stockpile:

    Instead of moving nuclear material in armored, well-defended convoys, [Pakistan's Strategic Plans Division] prefers to move material by subterfuge, in civilian-style vehicles without noticeable defenses, in the regular flow of traffic. according to both Pakistani and American sources, vans with a modest security profile are sometimes the preferred conveyance. and according to a senior U.S. intelligence official, the Pakistanis have begun using this low-security method to transfer not merely the “de-mated” component nuclear parts but “mated” nuclear weapons.

    According to Goldberg and Ambinder, the U.S. was worried enough about it to have laid out a specific contingency plan to seize or disable the country's nuclear arsenal in the event of an emergency. The 10,000-word story also reveals details about Admiral Mike Mullen's falling out with Pakistan after learning of the Pakistani military's involvement in the murder of Pakistani journalist Saleem Shahzad as well as China's openness to disabling Pakistan's nuclear capabilities, an acknowledgment of how serious it considers the threat of loose nukes in Pakistan. You can read the full story here

     
    • Malik  •  Islamabad, Pakistan  •  6 mths ago
      even if its true the nukes will be in passive state meaning that they cant be blown up without triggers unlike the Americans who carry live nukes on planes our there cities .
    • B.C.  •  6 mths ago
      And still they assure everyone the nukes are secure.

      (In other news, the Titanic has been declared unsinkable, the Maginot Line is the ultimate defense, the Hindenburg is fireproof, and women find me irresistable.)
      • jenifer 6 mths ago
        Like to add that muslims do not care if the earth blows up and they die. They expect to go to heaven for killing infidels. Russia was afraid of dieing they aren't.
      • Rehman 6 mths ago
        to the lady above, ur ignorance surprises. It is high time, for god's sake, stop believing in the media and do some research on ur own.
    • Jimi  •  Waynesboro, United States  •  6 mths ago
      And none of the ISI tipped off Al-Qaeda,when and where they are being transported....
      TO BE CONTINUED.....
      • Scott 6 mths ago
        Yup, just a matter of time.
    • JJMurray  •  6 mths ago
      You can tell which vans because the driver's hair keeps falling out.
      • Bonzo Surf 6 mths ago
        The vans glow in the dark.
      • JJMurray 6 mths ago
        Saves on bulbs for the headlights.
      • jenifer 6 mths ago
        I was supicious when the driver didn't have any hair no teeth and a warm glow about him and he said I have been driving these thucks for a long time. So what are you hauling?
    • Raccoon City Survivor  •  Olympia, United States  •  6 mths ago
      they are just setting up the nukes to be taken by the ISI other wise knows as the Taliban
    • The Delhi Llaama  •  Houston, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Then one fine day one or more of thsoe vans will simply vanish, their contents quickly sprited out of the country. Then what? Wait,.....wait,... for the flash, then the sonic BOOM that follows somewhere in the world.. Elvis has left the building.........
      • tim 6 mths ago
        the Deli Lama?? they don't allow Lama's in the Deli's where i live.
    • mickey p  •  6 mths ago
      You know its bad when you get China on board to go kick some #$%$ wit the US, never thought I would see that day....
    •  •  6 mths ago
      This is one reason why Muslims should never be allowed to own nukes ... they are a complete hazard to themselves and to others in the world, in more ways than one.
    • Beth S  •  Pleasantville, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Why on earth then are we giving this government any money at all? I simply do not trust any of these people.
    • Albert  •  6 mths ago
      Let China have both Afghanistan and Pakistan, make a 2 fer 1 deal.
    • NoMoreNightsInBangkok  •  Sunnyvale, United States  •  6 mths ago
      What more could you expect from a culture where it's OK to boink goats?
    • Ron Wilson  •  6 mths ago
      Why put it out???? just accidentaly mis-fire a Droan at one of them.....
    • tim  •  St. Louis, United States  •  6 mths ago
      i wonder if the "IRT" ice road truckers have hauled any of that stuff on those wacky mountain roads.
    • Sergeant Mc  •  Corpus Christi, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Maybe a preemptive strike is called for
    • Snafu B  •  Sacramento, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Muslims have a cavalier attitude about many things, like weapons and lives.
    • bill  •  Pleasanton, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Hey, Qaddafi stored chemical weapons unguarded in population centers. These people don't care about their citizens, just whether Americans can get to them or not.
    • KHUSRO Y  •  Washington, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Well well, we finally found out their secret of transporting the nukes. It is difficult for our satellites to spot them this way.
    • Josh  •  Dallas, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Thank you AQ Khan. You are the biggest idiot to ever be born. You give nukes to the dumbest mf'ers on the planet. Hope you are happy.
    • FREEDOM FIGHTER  •  Detroit, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Nukes to go. That is Crapistan's motto.
    • Fastest  •  6 mths ago
      10 trillion dollars later and we are safer ? Obama will get us out this . Fast and furious
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