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Pakistan Establishes Three Strategic Commands

August 9, 2006 :: Kyodo :: News

Kyodo reports that Pakistan has set up three strategic commands in its armed forces equipped with nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, and capable of retaliating against any first nuclear strike by India. According to Shaukat Sultan, a spokesman for the Indian Defense Ministry, the three commands are located within the army, air force, and navy. The army command, established in 2003 under Lieutenant General Ghulum Mustafa, forms the backbone of Pakistan’s combined strategic force. It includes up to 100 facilities, mostly underground, where Pakistan’s medium-range Shaheen and long-range Ghauri missiles are kept. Sultan refused to divulge the number of people involved in the storing, security, deployment, and operation of Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal, although Kyodo quotes independent sources as saying that the army’s strategic force alone includes nearly 6,000 people. (Article)

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