Pakistan nuclear weapons program

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military program nuclear weapons program

The Pakistan nuclear weapons program is the country's strategic initiative to develop, test, and maintain a nuclear arsenal, making it one of the world's recognized nuclear-armed states.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Pakistan nuclear weapons program canonical	6
Pakistan nuclear program	1
Pakistan nuclear warheads	1
Pakistan strategic nuclear forces	1
Pakistani nuclear program	1
Pakistani nuclear weapons program	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military program ⓘ nuclear weapons program ⓘ
acceleratedAfter	Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 ⓘ surface form: 1971 Indo-Pakistani War
aim	deterrence of conventional and nuclear aggression ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Pakistan nuclear weapons program ⓘ surface form: Pakistan nuclear program Pakistan nuclear weapons program ⓘ surface form: Pakistani nuclear weapons program
associatedCruiseMissile	Babur cruise missile ⓘ Raad air-launched cruise missile ⓘ
associatedMissileFamily	Ababeel missile ⓘ Ghauri missile series ⓘ Shaheen missile series ⓘ
began	late 1960s ⓘ
civilianOversightBody	Prime Minister of Pakistan ⓘ
commandAndControlBody	National Command Authority ⓘ
country	Pakistan ⓘ
declaredNuclearWeaponsState	1998 ⓘ
deliverySystem	aircraft ⓘ ballistic missiles ⓘ cruise missiles ⓘ
doctrine	credible minimum deterrence ⓘ
enrichmentFacility	Kahuta uranium enrichment plant ⓘ
exportControlRegimeStatus	non-member of Nuclear Suppliers Group ⓘ
firstNuclearTest	Chagai ⓘ surface form: Chagai-I
firstNuclearTestDate	28 May 1998 ⓘ
historicalIssue	A. Q. Khan proliferation network ⓘ
internationalConcern	nuclear proliferation risk ⓘ
keyInstitution	Kahuta Research Laboratories ⓘ National Command Authority ⓘ Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (advisory role) ⓘ surface form: Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission Strategic Plans Division ⓘ
keyLeader	Zulfikar Ali Bhutto ⓘ
keyScientist	Abdul Qadeer Khan ⓘ Munir Ahmad Khan ⓘ
linkedToEvent	1974 Indian nuclear test ⓘ 1998 Indian nuclear tests ⓘ
motivation	maintenance of credible minimum deterrence ⓘ national security ⓘ strategic deterrence against India ⓘ
operationalArm	Strategic Plans Division Force ⓘ
oversight	Pakistan Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: Pakistan military
plutoniumFacility	Khushab nuclear complex ⓘ
policy	supports global nuclear disarmament conditional on regional parity ⓘ
politicalInitiator	Zulfikar Ali Bhutto ⓘ
primaryRivalState	India ⓘ
reactorTypeAtKhushab	heavy water reactor ⓘ
regionalContext	South Asia ⓘ
secondTestSeries	Chagai ⓘ surface form: Chagai-II
secondTestSeriesDate	30 May 1998 ⓘ
securityMeasure	multi-layered physical security for nuclear assets ⓘ
status	de facto nuclear-armed state ⓘ
suspectedCapability	thermonuclear weapon design research ⓘ
technologyType	plutonium production ⓘ uranium enrichment ⓘ
testSite	Chagai, Balochistan ⓘ surface form: Ras Koh Hills, Chagai District, Balochistan
treatyStatus	non-signatory to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons ⓘ
usesMaterial	highly enriched uranium ⓘ plutonium ⓘ
warheadType	boosted fission weapons ⓘ fission weapons ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chagai, Balochistan → nuclearProgramAssociation → Pakistan nuclear weapons program ⓘ

subject surface form: Chagai District

Pakistan Armed Forces → controls → Pakistan nuclear weapons program ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pakistan strategic nuclear forces

Pakistan nuclear weapons program → alsoKnownAs → Pakistan nuclear weapons program ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pakistani nuclear weapons program

Pakistan nuclear weapons program → alsoKnownAs → Pakistan nuclear weapons program ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pakistan nuclear program

Samar Mubarakmand → partOf → Pakistan nuclear weapons program ⓘ

Abdul Qadeer Khan → movement → Pakistan nuclear weapons program ⓘ

Kahuta uranium enrichment plant → associatedProgram → Pakistan nuclear weapons program ⓘ

Kahuta uranium enrichment plant → usedFor → Pakistan nuclear weapons program ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pakistan nuclear warheads

Khushab nuclear complex → associatedWith → Pakistan nuclear weapons program ⓘ

Ababeel missile → isPartOf → Pakistan nuclear weapons program ⓘ

A. Q. Khan proliferation network → relatedTo → Pakistan nuclear weapons program ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pakistani nuclear program