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Indian and Pakistani Nuclear Weapons Status (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised Feb. 17, 2005
Report Number RS21237
Report Type Report
Authors Sharon Squassoni, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

Until 2005, India and Pakistan were the only states outside the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty to declare, openly, their nuclear weapons capability. In 1998, they tested nuclear weapons and since then, deployed ballistic missiles, enunciated nuclear doctrine, and made organizational changes to their nuclear establishments. In 2002, they teetered on the brink of war in Kashmir. This paper summarizes Indian and Pakistani nuclear weapon capabilities and thinking, and discusses some confidence-building measures in place intended to help avert nuclear war. It will be updated as events warrant.