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As finer details of what New Delhi feels is a sophisticated and well-coordinated terrorist attack at the military air base in Karachi pour in,India is worried that Pakistan is losing its internal coherence.
A top source said,The real risk is internal. India is also concerned about Pakistans growing nuclear arsenal and its security. It worries us they have embarked on nuclear activities enriching plutonium in research reactors outside the safeguards regime, the source said.
The sources said reports available with New Delhi indicate the terrorists used heavy ammunition in Karachi. It is a well-organised and complicated attack. The joint base of naval aviation,army and the Pakistan Air Force was located to the west of Karachi and was tasked with preventing any seaborne support to Taliban, a source said.
There was some information that the terrorists came in through the sewers. But the details are sketchy and hazy. Indias strategic establishment reckons that the attacks do not add or subtract to the threat perception from Pakistan or the Taliban. But there are lessons for India. We will review our coastal security,work further on our communication system and maritime network, said the source. While India has done a great deal and is better off today after the Mumbai attacks,the source said,it can never be satisfied. If you are satisfied,you are dead.
There is,however,no immediate nuclear threat for India in the backdrop of the Karachi attack,but the country is prepared for any eventuality. Indias nuclear doctrine is quite clear. Nuclear weapons are not for warfare,but only for deterrence. But there is a nuclear attack,there will be an assured massive retaliation, the source said.
There is also the possibility of nuclear elements falling in the hands of rogues. There is a lot of lethal stuff lying around, the source said,adding,We have been telling our friends the United States about this8230;We hope the Pak government is on top of the situation.
