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Google Earth reveals suspected nuclear weapons facility in Pakistan

By Adam Vaughan

27 November 2020

Satellite picture

This extension to a nuclear facility in Pakistan was spotted using Google Earth

Neil Hyatt et al.

Sleuthing with satellite images on Google Earth has revealed a substantial and undocumented expansion to a suspected nuclear processing plant in Pakistan. Researchers say it is a possible sign of the country boosting the capacity of its nuclear weapons programme.

Pakistan has possessed nuclear weapons since 1998, but isn’t a signatory to key international treaties on nuclear proliferation and tests. The country’s secretive nuclear weapons programme is closely watched due to tensions with neighbouring India, which also has…

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