Pak nuke weapons are vulnerable: US
Washington, Feb.6 : The political turmoil in Pakistan has got seriously threatened the military's control of its nuclear eapons "but vulnerabilities exist," United States intelligence as warned in a report delivered to Congress by its chief Mike cConnell.
"We
judge
that
the
[Pakistan]
army's
management
of
nuclear
policy
ssues
-
to
include
physical
security
-
has
not
been
degraded
by
akistan's
political
crisis," the
Daily
Times
quotes
the
report,
s
saying.
The
report
also
warned
that
al-Qaeda
is
improving
the
last
key
spect
of
its
ability
to
attack
the
US.
McConnell
claimed
that
Pakistan's
Tribal
Areas
were
providing
Al
qaeda
"many
of
the
advantages
it
once
derived
from
its
base
in
afghanistan,
though
this
was
on
a
smaller
and
less
secure
scale.
The intelligence chief also said that the Taliban has expanded its operations into previously peaceful areas of western afghanistan and around the capital Kabul.
ANI