The terrifying nuclear build-up in South Asia

August 24, 2012 09:05

US President Barack Obama is right to worry that Pakistan's warheads and fissile material could end up in the wrong hands. He should also fret about their future in the 'right' hands. Fourteen years after India and Pakistan became declared nuclear powers, the world has become rather blase about the risks of a subcontinental nuclear confrontation.

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