SIPRI Yearbook 2012
VII. Pakistani nuclear forces
Pakistan is estimated to possess 90–110 nuclear weapons that can be delivered by aircraft and missiles (see table 7.8). Pakistan’s current warhead designs are believed to use highly enriched uranium (HEU), but there is evidence that it is moving towards an arsenal based on plutonium. Warheads using plutonium could be lighter and more compact than those using HEU to achieve the same yield. Some experts have estimated that Pakistan’s nuclear stockpile could double within a decade based on increased military plutonium-production capabilities.1
- Citation (MLA):
- Kile, Shannon N., Phillip Schell, Hans M. Kristensen, Vitaly Fedchenko, Alexander Glaser, and Zia Mian International Panel on Fissile Materials. "7. World nuclear forces." SIPRI Yearbook. SIPRI. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2016. Web. 12 Jun. 2025. <https://www.sipriyearbook.org/view/9780199650583/sipri-9780199650583-div1-48.xml>.
- Citation (APA):
- Kile, S., Schell, P., Kristensen, H., Fedchenko, V., Glaser, A., & Mian International Panel on Fissile Materials, Z. (2016). 7. World nuclear forces. In SIPRI, SIPRI Yearbook 2012: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 12 Jun. 2025, from https://www.sipriyearbook.org/view/9780199650583/sipri-9780199650583-div1-48.xml
- Citation (Chicago):
- Kile, Shannon N., Phillip Schell, Hans M. Kristensen, Vitaly Fedchenko, Alexander Glaser, and Zia Mian International Panel on Fissile Materials. "7. World nuclear forces." In SIPRI Yearbook 2012: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security, SIPRI. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016). Retrieved 12 Jun. 2025, from https://www.sipriyearbook.org/view/9780199650583/sipri-9780199650583-div1-48.xml
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