Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons: How Safe Are They?', Institute of South Asian Studies // National University of Singapore, 18 November 2009

 EXCERPT: "This brief discusses the safety and security of Pakistani nuclear facilities in the face of terrorism. It discusses US involvement in protecting the facilities and the steps Pakistan has taken to prevent their misuse or misappropriation. In his detailed report published in the New Yorker dated 16 November 2009 (though it was already made public a week earlier), Seymour Hersh claims that the United States was doing all it could to ensure that Pakistan's nuclear warheads were safe and secure. He referred to United States President Barack Obama's response to a question by a journalist about the safety of those weapons. President Obama reportedly said that the United States wanted to 'make sure that Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal is secure – primarily, initially, because the Pakistan army, I think, recognises the hazards of those weapons falling into the wrong hands.'"

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