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Recently, a report had stated that Pakistan could soon have the world’s third largest nuclear weapons stockpile. Joseph V Micallef, a best-selling military history and world affairs author, said if the pace of Islamabad’s nuclear expansion continues, there is a high probability of nuclear weapons falling into the hands of terrorist Jihadist organisations

New Delhi: Is Pakistan deploying nuclear weapons at sea to keep India at bay? New Delhi does not have any such information as of now, Indian Navy chief has said. Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba said that “there is no input on them (Pakistan) deploying tactical nuclear weapons at sea.”

The naval chief, however, stated that Pakistan is currently developing a cruise missile which it plans to fit on submarines that are being built in China at the moment. In fact, missiles to be used by Pakistan are also being built in China, he added.

Recently, a report had stated that Pakistan could soon have the world’s third largest nuclear weapons stockpile. Writing on www.military.com, Joseph V Micallef, a best-selling military history and world affairs author, said if the pace of Islamabad’s nuclear expansion continues, there is a high probability of nuclear weapons falling into the hands of terrorist jihadist organisations.

“Pakistan’s past ties to militant jihadist groups like the Afghan Taliban, Tehreek-e-Jihad Islami, Jaish-e-Muhammad, Lashkar-e-Taiba or Hizbul Mujahideen, to name a few, and the emergence of al-Qaida affiliated Ansar Ghawzat-Ul-Hind, have added an additional element of conflict into Indian-Pakistani relations,” Micallef said.

Stating that there has been “a significant deterioration” in ties between Pakistan and the United States, Micallef said the conflict between Pakistan and India must also be viewed in a larger context, i.e. expanded to a “larger rivalry between China and India in Asia and the Indian Ocean basin.”

“The military intervention by the United States and its allies to defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan, and the role of both India and Pakistan in that conflict, have added a further layer of complexity between the two countries,” Micallef said.