Although Pakistan’s economy is going through a bad phase, Pakistan’s military remains steadfast in its nuclear program.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan army has started blackmailing its all-weather friend China. Pakistan’s military has told China that if it wants to capture Gwadar port, it needs to provide a second-strike nuclear capability. The request infuriated China as negotiations between the two countries about the port were halted.
If Pakistan’s military had this capability, its nuclear arsenal would have increased and would have posed a major threat to India’s security. The Chinese military has turned Gwadar into a naval base and has invested billions of dollars in it under the banner of CPEC. At the same time, Pakistan’s military began blackmailing China to use this coercive power.
Drop Site News, a website that closely monitors the situation in Pakistan, revealed this move by the Pakistani military. This dialogue between Pakistan’s military and China was called off at a time of tension between Pakistan and India. Although Pakistan’s economy is going through a bad phase, Pakistan’s military remains steadfast in its nuclear program.
This worsened relations between China and Pakistan’s military. Pakistan also does not want China to build a military base in Gwadar. Earlier this year, talks were held between the two sides to build a military base in Gwadar. According to Pakistani military intelligence documents, Pakistan promised China that it would allow Gwadar to be developed as a Chinese military base.
Pakistan’s military now believes that giving away the strategically important Gwadar port to China could provoke Western powers, and in such a situation China would have to provide financial support and nuclear second-strike capabilities. said. At the same time, it needs to provide military technology that rivals India’s.
Pakistan’s request infuriates China, as a second-strike nuclear capability is a highly effective military deterrent needed to retaliate in the event of a nuclear attack. During a war, this ability is advantageous because any enemy nation is afraid to launch a nuclear attack first and try to achieve victory. Enemy countries fear that they may have to face retaliatory nuclear attacks. This second strike nuclear attack would be carried out by nuclear-equipped submarines or missiles in silos. Neither of these can be easily removed.
Pakistan fears that India could destroy its nuclear facilities with a first strike. For this reason, Pakistan’s military wants China’s support to gain the strength to retaliate using second-strike nuclear capabilities.
