The latest version babur 2 looks like most modern cruise missiles with a bullet like shape a cluster of four tiny tail wings and two stubby main wings all powered by a turbofan or turbojet engine. The sea component of pakistan s nuclear force consists of the babur class of cruise missiles. Representative image nuclear missiles.
And the two stage solid fuelled road mobile shaheen ii hatf 6 with a range of 2000 km. The liquid fuelled road mobile ghauri hatf 5 with a range of 1250 km. Pakistan s nuclear capable ballistic missile arsenal currently includes two types of medium range ballistic missile.
The report said that this posture has likely been reinforced after the 2017 doklam standoff during which chinese and indian troops were placed on high alert. India s nuclear strategy which has traditionally focused on pakistan has now increased emphasis on china and beijing is now in the range of indian missiles according to a report. Kristensen and matt korda which further suggest that the change in posture was reinforced after the 2017 doklam standoff.
The analysis was done by authors hans m. án analysis done by bulletin of the atomic scientists suggests how india s nuclear strategy which has traditionally focused on pakistan now appears to place its emphasis on china with beijing in range of indian missiles. That is to say pakistan reserves the right to use nuclear weapons first rather than in retaliation after being struck first.
Unlike india pakistan does not adhere to a no first use nuclear policy. Since paec consisting of over twenty laboratories and projects. Pakistan is one of nine states to possess nuclear weapons pakistan began development of nuclear weapons in january 1972 under prime minister zulfikar ali bhutto who delegated the program to the chairman of the pakistan atomic energy commission paec munir ahmad khan with a commitment to having the bomb ready by the end of 1976.
