India is aware of reports of Pakistan’s nuclear expansion and was taking all steps to safeguard India’s national interest, defence minister Manohar Parrikar said on Friday.
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Meanwhile, a paper by renowned American scholars Tom Dalton and Michael Krepon ‘A Normal Nuclear Pakistan’ argues that Pakistan could have the third-biggest nuclear stockpile within a decade and could end up producing 20 nuclear warheads annually.
The 48-page report warns that if Pakistan continues on its current path, in 10 years it could possess a nuclear arsenal nearing 350 weapons.
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