Exclusive: India, Pakistan nuclear procurement networks larger than thought, study shows

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Hundreds of foreign companies are actively procuring components for India and Pakistan’s nuclear programmes, taking advantage of gaps in the global regulation of the industry, according to a report by a U.S.-based research group.

FILE PHOTO: Pakistani Rangers and Indian Border Security Force officers lower their national flags during parade on the Pakistan's 72nd Independence Day, at the Pakistan-India joint check-post at Wagah border, near Lahore, REUTERS/Mohsin Raza

It is seldom possible to determine whether individual transactions are illegal by using publicly available data, Margolin said, and the report does not suggest that companies mentioned broke national or international laws or regulations. To identify companies involved, C4ADS analysed more than 125 million records of public trade and tender data and documents, and then checked them against already-identified entities listed by export control authorities in the United States and Japan.

The father of Pakistan’s atomic bomb, AQ Khan, admitted in 2004 to selling nuclear technology to North Korea, Iran and Libya. He was pardoned a day later by Pakistani authorities, which have refused requests from international investigators to question him. C4ADS identified 222 companies that did business with the nuclear facilities in India that had no IAEA oversight. Of these, 86 companies did business with more than one such nuclear facility in India.

 

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They shop for nuclear weapon making capability and subsequently the Paki prime minister begs for debt forgiveness. Mendicant terrorist Pakis....

The day US and Israel disown their bastared child India there will be peace and no further need for nuclear race among these two countries.

They should never allow India to have nuclear weapons. Bollywood has delusional effect on them and they cannot differentiate between film and real life.

What about Uncle Sam

Yes.. It is called for since India is surrounded by ridiculous neighbors who are always plotting terror attacks on India!

Scary given the volatile nature of their relationship

So is it Russia or The US that are softening the public for a reason to invade?

as pakistan only have this, so

Yes & who is sending them foreign aid 75 years after their wretched independence - 'muggins great Britain ':-)

Why the hell are we paying this mob so called aid. Stop all overseas so called aid now.

This is not good .....

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