He also raised questions about whether Pakistan's objectives of nukes has been shifted from India
WASHINGTON – A senior White House official on Thursday said nuclear-armed Pakistan is developing long-range ballistic missile capabilities that eventually could allow it to strike targets well beyond South Asia, making it an "emerging threat" to the United States.
Speaking to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Finer said Pakistan has pursued "increasingly sophisticated missile technology, from long-range ballistic missile systems to equipment, which would enable the testing of significantly larger rocket motors." "So, candidly, it's hard for us to see Pakistan's actions as anything other than an emerging threat to the United States," Finer said.
"They don't acknowledge our concerns. They tell us we are biased," said the second US official, adding that Pakistani officials have wrongly implied that US sanctions on their missile programme are intended "to handicap their ability to defend against India." "That makes us question even more why Pakistan will be motivated to develop a capability that could be used against us."
The Bulletin of the American Scientists research organization estimates that Pakistan has a stockpile of about 170 warheads.
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