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Being a nuclear power means jack and shit. It's all about GDP.
What does a nuclear weapon have to do with disastrous economic decisions? If anything it’s an expensive saber that you rattle too much. We need a better economic policy than war. >

Bhutto said “we will eat grass if we have to make a nuclear bomb”
I guess it came true
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Came here to say this one,  you a Hitchens fan lol? >

No man, never got around to it,  iam more of a fiction guy >

Maybe they should not have invested all those resources into nuclear weapons… >

Rumour is that Saudi Arabia paid for half of the R+D costs.  In return for 6 nukes, to be stored in Pakistan but which can be flown to them in hours. >

So now there’s a family with nukes. Great. >

I mean there is also NATO where nuclear members deploy their nukes on the soil of non-nuclear members. So this isn't exactly new >

But in the west and nato they are not often in control by a single psychopathic ruling family. >

Fair enough but also USSR put their nukes on Cuba and Russia is also planning to deploy nukes in Belarus. Sharing the "Nuclear umbrella" is more common than people realize. >

Nukes did not stay in Cuba. That was what the whole Cuban missile crisis was about.  Putting nukes in Belarus doesn’t do much since they had nukes before the Soviet broke up. Land based nukes are easy targets. This is why American  nuke silos are in the Midwest. Subs and carriers carry the other nukes. >

I mean north korea is also a nuclear power!
Nuclear power doesn't position yourself as a robust economy >

So what can they do? Demand non-nuclear countries give Pakistan resources or prepare to get nuked? >

That would just increase the problems tenfold. >

Worked out great for NK Fatty Kim though. >

Nk people live like serfs, only fatty and friends live a good life >

Which is what the elites in Pakistan only cares about. The CCP can prop them up exactly like what they did with NK. This way, they'll have 2 nuclear lapdogs that can threaten US and its allies, maybe even 3(Russia). Seems like a good deal. The Pakistanis are pretty feisty when they revolt, but the CCP can coach their IT stooges how to shut off the internet and their riot police to beat the protestors up real good. Myanmar learned real good from the CCP. >

Pakistani army is more of a USA vassal than china, imran khan is very much pro china compared to Sharif's and establishment. >

Shameful for a dirt poor country to waste money on nukes. >

Exactly ! Its like a redneck owning several assault riffles but not able to buy milk for his children. Who is to blame ? >

I don’t think there’s too many rednecks that can afford assault weapons to be fair given their current prices as apposed to sporting rifles but I see the point you’re trying to make. >

Dunno, given the proliferation of ridiculously expensive trucks out there…