"We are ready to eat grass but we will make the nukes..."
- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Easier said then done......
People can never accept eating grass at the cost of Nukes......
But what exactly is the COST of Nukes?
Currently, Pakistan's expansion rate of nukes is the fastest in the world where even countries like US & Russia are reducing there numbers.
Estimated numbers stand at 110-120 weapons with addition of around 10-15 more per year. In just few years, Pakistan will cross France in the total number of nuclear weapons to become the third LARGEST nuclear weapons state!!!
(Something for the countrymen to be PROUD of?? Don't think so....)
Add to that, the COLD START DOCTRINE of India is making Pakistani establishment more anxious, resulting in it's decision to build battlefield nukes (These affect much smaller area). Not just the building, even the decision to use them would be made by local commanders & not the politicians sitting in Islamabad.
This is a very SCARY scenario, but before making any conclusions, let's finally come to the cost analysis.
What are the costs involved?
- Building a nuke
- Storing
- Providing security
Nukes that are already made incurs the last two costs for complete lifetime & the new ones need all three....
In an upcoming blogpost, we will completely breakdown the cost analysis but for the sake of convenience in this one, we are directly giving our estimates.....
We have estimated that Pakistan spends anywhere between $2-3 Billions every year on nuclear weapons!! This is about 1% of GDP of Pakistan; A country which is ranked very low in human development index.
This cost is only going to increase with the increase in numbers......
Thus, in the end, world is facing great insecurity because of following reasons:
- Exponential growth in the number of Pakistani nuclear weapons.
- Economic impact of spending on nuclear weapons.
- Fear of falling Pakistani nuclear weapons in the hands of terrorists.
GRASS FOR NUKES? Think Again!!
******HJ******
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