Pickaxe Mountain revives the Kahuta question: Could India have hit Pakistan’s nuclear leap?
•The West Asia conflict highlights Iran’s nuclear ambitions and US-Israeli efforts to block them.
•Pickaxe Mountain, housing hidden nuclear facilities, has become a focal point.
•Strikes on Natanz in 2025 echoed earlier pre-emptive attacks on nuclear programmes worldwide, from Allied raids on Germany’s heavy-water plant in WWII to Israel’s operations against Iraq’s Osiraq reac...
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The West Asia conflict highlights Iran’s nuclear ambitions and US-Israeli efforts to block them. Pickaxe Mountain, housing hidden nuclear facilities, has become a focal point. Strikes on Natanz in 2025 echoed earlier pre-emptive attacks on nuclear programmes worldwide, from Allied raids on Germany’s heavy-water plant in WWII to Israel’s operations against Iraq’s Osiraq reactor (1981) and Syria’s al-Kibar site (2007). India, however, refrained from striking Pakistan’s Kahuta facility in the 1980s, a decision that enabled Pakistan’s nuclearisation. To avoid escalation, India and Pakistan signed a 1988 accord prohibiting attacks on nuclear sites. India now prioritises survivability through layered missile defence projects.المصدر: Times of India | Source: Times of India
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