Oh, won't this news go over well in Pakistan. And of course, a future Taliban-like Pakistan regime won't be able to produce more nukes. Like they didn't produce before. Everything's under control, folks.
Apologies if this was previously posted:
US prepares to take Pak nukes if Musharraf falls
Agencies
Washington, October 29: A special US unit is training with Israeli commandos to take out Pakistan's nuclear weapons in case of a coup against President Pervez Musharraf, The New Yorker magazine reported on Monday, citing past and present government officials.
The US force is training in the United States with members of Israel's Unit 262, a commando team that has engaged in behind-the-lines operations including theft and assassinations, according to The New Yorker.
The US unit, operating under Pentagon control with CIA assistance, specialises in slipping undetected into foreign countries to find, and if necessary disarm, nuclear weapons, the magazine reports.
US sources told the magazine that Pakistan has at least 24 nuclear warheads that can be delivered by intermediate-range missiles and F-16 air planes. However the US intelligence cannot be sure of the precise location of all of the Pakistani warheads, officials said.
US regional experts quoted by the magazine say they doubt Musharraf's ability to control the military and Pakistan's nuclear arsenal if there is a coup -- and say dissident fundamentalists within the military might try to seize a nuclear warhead.
One US intelligence officer expressed alarm over the recent questioning in Pakistan of two retired Pakistani nuclear scientists with reported Taliban connections, describing it as "the tip of a very serious iceberg."
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