"We are working on a strategy of minimum deterrence, " he said, adding that Pakistani intelligence agencies were well versed in India's more ambitious plans for a nuclear arsenal.
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"They could be taking a step down the road to deployment, minimum deterrence, " said Sameena Ahmed, a defense expert with the Asia Foundation and co-author of " Pakistan and The Bomb ."
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But Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesman Tariq Altaf said criticism of the tests should be tempered with " an understanding of our defense requirements and the requirement of ours for a minimum deterrence ."
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"President Gen . Pervez Musharraf has reiterated Pakistan's resolve not to enter into an arms race with anyone, while ensuring consolidation of Pakistan's minimum deterrence needs, " a statement issued by the military said.
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"All this suggests that China's decision makers may be increasingly uncertain about the credibility and reliability of their past minimum deterrence and believe a more well-rounded and reliable nuclear war-fighting capability has military value,"
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But Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesman Tariq Altaf told reporters at a briefing in the federal capital that international criticism of Pakistan's testing should be tempered with " an understanding of our defense requirements and the requirement of ours for a minimum deterrence ."
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"While the successful flight tests are a reflection of Pakistan's technical prowess in the field of missile technology . . . they also reflect Pakistan's resolve and determination to continue to consolidate its minimum deterrence needs and national security, " the army statement said.
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"The submarines we have constructed and the ships we have are not enough to maintain the minimum deterrence ( against India ), " Karimullah said . " The government is very aware of this and money is being arranged for us to acquire more ships and construct more submarines ."
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As opposed to the extreme mutually assured destruction form of deterrence, the concept of minimum deterrence in which a state possesses no more nuclear weapons than is necessary to deter an adversary from attacking is presently the most common form of deterrence practiced by nuclear weapon states, such as China, India, Pakistan, Britain, and France.
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In his comprehensive thesis, " " Minimum Deterrence : Pakistan s Dilemma " ", published at the Royal United Services Institute ( RUSI ) by the nuclear strategist and theorist Brigadier-General ( retired ) Feroz Hassan Khan states that " Pakistan's Threat Matrix dramatically changed " after the events of the nuclear bomb test in 1974.
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