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2013.
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| Summary/Abstract |
According to a DRDO press statement on November 23, 2012, it successfully tested the indigenously developed Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) system. After the test DRDO officials claimed that the system will be ready for deployment by 2014. Already, India's BMD project has created ripples in Pakistan. In response to India's pursuit of missile defences, Pakistan has expanded its countermeasure efforts, primarily through development of maneuvering re-entry vehicles. The Pakistan Army strategic Force Command, which controls Islamabad's ballistic missiles, has sunce at least 2004 said it wanted to develop such warheads; analysts now believe these are in service. Moreover, Pakistan continues to increase its inventory of nuclear weapons' land vector by citing India's BMD claims as a destabilizing factor. In addition to this, China has an advanced nuclear and ballistic missile programme. What is more Worrisome is the clandestine nuclear and ballistic missile cooperation between China and Pakistan.
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