Five Men Indicted for nuclear exports to Pakistan

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Five Men Indicted for Operating an International Procurement Network to Export U.S.-Origin Goods to Pakistan’s Nuclear Program

Cite : Five Men Indicted for Operating an International Procurement Network to Export U.S.-Origin Goods to Pakistan’s Nuclear Program | OPA | Department of Justice

Since Pakistan already has nuclear weapons, what is/was the ultimate goal of the exports?

[Acsenray]

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Five Men Indicted for Operating an International Procurement Network to Export U.S.-Origin Goods to Pakistan’s Nuclear Program

Cite : https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/five-men-indicted-operating-international-procurement-network-export-us-origin-goods-pakistan

Since Pakistan already has nuclear weapons, what is/was the ultimate goal of the exports?

If you’re going to keep building more nuclear weapons, you’re going to have to restock the parts every once in a while.

[Machine_Elf]

@Acsenray

If you’re going to keep building more nuclear weapons, you’re going to have to restock the parts every once in a while.

This. Pakistan needs parts to maintain its existing stock of nuclear weapons in a state of readiness, and they need parts to produce new weapons - parts that they lack the know-how or capacity to manufacture for themselves.