Nuclear Weapons/Warheads: Pakistan

Following India's first nuclear tests in 24 years on May 11, 1998, Pakistan's Defense Committee of the Cabinet (DCC) met in Islamabad to determine if the Pakistani government would respond with a nuclear test of its own.

Attending the meeting were Prime Minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif; the ministers of defense, finance and foreign affairs; and the chiefs of staff of the army, air force and navy. At the meeting, a representative of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC),...