Pakistan is reportedly advancing efforts to build a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of reaching the continental United States, APA reports citing CNBC TV18.
According to a Foreign Affairs magazine report, if successful, the development would mark a significant expansion of Islamabad's strategic military reach and could lead Washington to officially classify as a nuclear adversary.
"Although Pakistan claims its nuclear programme is strictly focused on deterring India, which enjoys conventional military superiority, U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that the Pakistani military is developing an ICBM that could reach the continental United States," the report said.
US intelligence agencies believe that this potential ICBM programme is part of Pakistan's broader attempt to deter not only India but also the United States from interfering in any South Asian conflict in the future, as per Foreign Affairs.
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