Article: Pakistan (and India) Can't Afford the Bomb

Mushahid Hussain's article {"Why Pakistan Needs a Nuclear Option," op-ed, July 29} contains the kind of glib arguments that have long been fed to the American people. The way I see it, Pakistan (or, for that matter, India) needs a nuclear option like it needs a pain in the head. Having a credible nuclear weapons program involves a lot more than letting off a bang that will register on seismographs around the world; it is far more complex than acquiring squadrons of F-16s or MiG-29s. The projects in Pakistan and India, which require testing and delivery systems, are enormously expensive and will result in an unbearable, unfortunate and unnecessary drag on the underdeveloped economies of ...

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