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Pakistan Special Weapons Facilities

Pakistan has two parallel and competing special weapons programs. The initial
program, which began in the late 1970s, was focused on uranium enrichment
centered at Kahuta. More recently this program has enlarged its portfolio to
include the Ghauri [Nodong] missile delivery system, which is ight tested at the
nearby Tilla Jogian [Malute] test site. Apparently initiated in the mid-1980s
following problems with the uranium program, the plutonium program is
centered around the unsafeguarded nuclear reactor at Khushab, and has
probably focused on the development of a nuclear warhead for the M-11 missiles
stored at the nearby Sargodha Central Ammunition Depot . Pakistan's
nuclear weapons tests were conducted at two locations in the Chagai Hills.The
International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards ve facilities in Pakistan: Kanupp
and Chasma Nuclear power plants, the two Parr research reactors and the
Hawks Bay depot. Pakistan is not a member of the Nonproliferation Treaty
regime, therefore no other facilities are required to be subjected to inspections
by the IAEA. However, this does not mean that these and other facilities are not
physically secure. After 11 September 2001, Pakistan has asserted that its
facilities are safe and guarded.

Locale Nuclear BW CW Missile Airbase

Baghalchur
Chagai Hills
Chasma
Dera Ghazi Khan
Dera Nawab Shah
Fatehjung
Golra Sharif
Gujranwala
Issa Khel
Jhang
Kahuta
Kamra
Karachi
Kharan Desert
Khushab

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Kundian
Lahore
Lakki [Qabul Khel]
Multan
Okara
Quetta
Ras Koh
Rawalpindi
Sargodha
Sihala
Sonmiani
Taxila
Tilla Jogian [Malute]
Tumman Laghari
Wah
UNIDENTIFIED
UNIDENTIFIED

Base Map - GIF or PDF Special Weapon Facilities

Pakistani Air Force Airbases

Nuclear Power Reactors

Sources and Resources

Dual-use Export Control Sanctions India and Pakistan
Bureau of Export Administration December 4, 1998
Government entities determined to be involved in nuclear or missile activities
Parastatal and private entities determined to be involved in nuclear or missile
activities
Government entities determined to be involved in military activities

Pakistan's bomb: Out of the closet. By David Albright and Mark Hibbs
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists July/August 1992.
REPORT: PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM: A STATUS REPORT by
Andrew Koch and Jennifer Topping The Nonproliferation Review Spring-Summer

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1997, Volume 4 Number 3

Pakistan's Nuclear-Related Facilities Monitoring Proliferation Threats Project
Pakistan has 40 nuclear sites: Expert - [February 22, 1998] - The Hindustan Times
Pak carrying out modication on missiles - [April 9,1998] - The Hindustan Times
Pakistan has established defence communication (DEFCOM) terminals for missile
guidance and tracking at Gujranwala, Okara, Multan Jhang and Dera Nawab Shah.
Pakistani Facilities under IAEA safeguards on 31 December 1996

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