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power to endanger the public liberty." - - - - John Adams

Friday, August 17, 2012

Taliban attacks Pakistan nuke base


Pakistani Nuke on Parade


Nuke base attacked by Taliban  -  but Pakistan will not admit nukes are there
  • Attack an inside job? or just more insanity from the Islamic fringe?


Islamist militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons fought their way into one of Pakistan’s largest air bases on Thursday, the air force said, in a brazen challenge to the nuclear-armed country’s powerful military reports the Daily Mail.

The attack was repelled and only one aircraft was damaged, said an air force spokesman, adding that the Minhas air base at Kamra, in central Punjab province, did not house nuclear weapons.
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“No air base is a nuclear air base in Pakistan,” he said.

But other experts suspect the base could be linked to Pakistan's nuclear arsenal because of the weapons development there and the presence of jets that could be used to deploy bombs.


Dr. Strangelove
Terrorists after nukes?  Now doesn't that make your fucking day?




The gun battle raged for hours, and eight militants and one soldier were killed, the spokesman said. Commandos were called in to reinforce and police armoured personnel carriers could be seen heading into the base.

The attackers moved through a nearby village under cover of darkness and climbed a nine foot (2.7 metre) wall strung with barbed wire to break into the base. Some were wearing military uniforms.




Security forces opened fire when militants strapped with suicide bombing vests approached aircraft hangars, prompting other militants to fire rocket-propelled grenades from outside the base’s walls.

Western experts say Pakistan has about one hundred nuclear weapons and is in the midst of a rapid expansion of its arsenal.      (UK Daily Mail)


Police officers make way for a firetruck at it leaves an air force base in Kamra, in northwest Pakistan after a militant attack before dawn.


Pakistan Air Force personnel near an Ilyushin IL-78MP multirole tanker transport aircraft at PAF Base Minhas following an attack on the base.

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