The French are at it again! As Howard Bloom stated, "Do an Internet search for Agosta 90B...". This is a formidable weapon which can be used against us.
This is assuming Musharraf gets knocked off and the U.S. doesn't send in Special Forces to secure their nuclear weaponry...
Yeah, right. From what I have read, Pakistan's nukes are free-fall weapons. It takes a lot more sophistication to make a missile warhead than it does to make a Hiroshima-era A-bomb.
And just what is going to happen if even ONE of those subs goes unaccounted for? Can you say "regime change?" I knew you could.
Pakistan probably won't survive one of those subs disappearing; the odds of the sub making it to US coast is pretty small, too. If all else fails, it has to snorkle sometime.
Finally, I don't know how big a warhead the Harpoon has, but I don't think you can strap a nuke on it. Its pretty small 700-800 lbs of HE.
Why blame the Frenchies alone??Pakistan's first generation of Daphne class subs carry the US harpoon missile to go with their Airforce F-16s & there are persistent reports that the US will sell them more Harpoons & P-3 Orion.
That being said ,I would treat this report with a ton of salt-both the Harpoon & Exocet carry small warheads(around 200-250kgs)-it would be technically impossible to miniaturise a nuke on to that for the Pakis ,unless they buy a land attack version of their all weather ally China's anti ship missile,the C-801(Which is not yet into service).
They don't have weapons like the Russian Klub anti ship/land attack cruise missile(which is deployed on Indian subs & surface ships) or the Israeli Turbo Popeye(which is deployed on Israel's Dolphin class subs & is rumoured to have been sold to India as well).
Why blame the Frenchies alone??Pakistan's first generation of Daphne class subs carry the US harpoon missile to go with their Airforce F-16s & there are persistent reports that the US will sell them more Harpoons & P-3 Orion.
That being said ,I would treat this report with a ton of salt-both the Harpoon & Exocet carry small warheads(around 200-250kgs)-it would be technically impossible to miniaturise a nuke on to that for the Pakis ,unless they buy a land attack version of their all weather ally China's anti ship missile,the C-801(Which is not yet into service).
They don't have weapons like the Russian Klub anti ship/land attack cruise missile(which is deployed on Indian subs & surface ships) or the Israeli Turbo Popeye(which is deployed on Israel's Dolphin class subs & is rumoured to have been sold to India as well).
Why blame the Frenchies alone??Pakistan's first generation of Daphne class subs carry the US harpoon missile to go with their Airforce F-16s & there are persistent reports that the US will sell them more Harpoons & P-3 Orion.
That being said ,I would treat this report with a ton of salt-both the Harpoon & Exocet carry small warheads(around 200-250kgs)-it would be technically impossible to miniaturise a nuke on to that for the Pakis ,unless they buy a land attack version of their all weather ally China's anti ship missile,the C-801(Which is not yet into service).
They don't have weapons like the Russian Klub anti ship/land attack cruise missile(which is deployed on Indian subs & surface ships) or the Israeli Turbo Popeye(which is deployed on Israel's Dolphin class subs & is rumoured to have been sold to India as well).
There's Harpoon (anti-ship cruise missile) and SLAM (Stand-Off Land Attack Missile). They are different weapons. SLAM is air launched only. Neither can carry a nuke warhead.