美国将向巴基斯坦出售8架新型F16！

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周三，纽约时报报导，美国将向巴基斯坦出售8架新型F16战机。这是在周四美国总统将与巴基斯坦总理会面前做的决定。该决定将有助于延缓巴基斯坦部署战术核武器。在会面中双方将主要讨论美国在阿富汗延长驻军的问题。

目前巴基斯坦拥有70多架F16，数十架法国，中国造的攻击机。据估计巴基斯坦拥有110-130枚核弹头。今年5月，美国已向巴基斯坦提供了14架战斗机，59架训练机，374辆装甲车辆。

WASHINGTON: The US is set to sell eight new F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan despite Washington's growing reservations over Islamabad's fast expanding nuclear arsenal, a media report said.

The decision comes ahead of US President Barack Obama's meeting on Thursday with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, which will mainly focus on the president's decision to extend the American troop presence in Afghanistan and a quiet effort to get Sharif to halt the deployment of a new generation of tactical nuclear weapons, The New York Times reported on Wednesday.

The new aircraft, whose sale could be blocked by Congress, would add to Pakistan's already sizable force of fighter jets. It has more than 70 F-16s and dozens of French and Chinese attack aircraft.

The Federation of American Scientists, a leading American think-tank that monitors the spread of nuclear weapons, published a report on Wednesday which showed Pakistan's expansion of its arsenal to 110 to 130 warheads, up from a range of 90 to 110 four years ago.

While those figures showed a steady increase, the group estimated that by 2025 the figure would rise to 220 to 250 warheads which would make Pakistan the world's fifth-largest nuclear power, behind the US, Russia, China and France.

In May, the US handed over to Pakistan over 14 combat aircraft, 59 military trainer jets and 374 armoured personnel carriers. The weapons supplied to Pakistan were earlier used by American forces in Afghanistan and Iraq.

IANS

http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/news/pakistanafghanistan/355900/us-to-sell-f-16-fighter-jets-to-pakistan-nyt?

周三，纽约时报报导，美国将向巴基斯坦出售8架新型F16战机。这是在周四美国总统将与巴基斯坦总理会面前做的决定。该决定将有助于延缓巴基斯坦部署战术核武器。在会面中双方将主要讨论美国在阿富汗延长驻军的问题。

目前巴基斯坦拥有70多架F16，数十架法国，中国造的攻击机。据估计巴基斯坦拥有110-130枚核弹头。今年5月，美国已向巴基斯坦提供了14架战斗机，59架训练机，374辆装甲车辆。

WASHINGTON: The US is set to sell eight new F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan despite Washington's growing reservations over Islamabad's fast expanding nuclear arsenal, a media report said.

The decision comes ahead of US President Barack Obama's meeting on Thursday with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, which will mainly focus on the president's decision to extend the American troop presence in Afghanistan and a quiet effort to get Sharif to halt the deployment of a new generation of tactical nuclear weapons, The New York Times reported on Wednesday.

The new aircraft, whose sale could be blocked by Congress, would add to Pakistan's already sizable force of fighter jets. It has more than 70 F-16s and dozens of French and Chinese attack aircraft.

The Federation of American Scientists, a leading American think-tank that monitors the spread of nuclear weapons, published a report on Wednesday which showed Pakistan's expansion of its arsenal to 110 to 130 warheads, up from a range of 90 to 110 four years ago.

While those figures showed a steady increase, the group estimated that by 2025 the figure would rise to 220 to 250 warheads which would make Pakistan the world's fifth-largest nuclear power, behind the US, Russia, China and France.

In May, the US handed over to Pakistan over 14 combat aircraft, 59 military trainer jets and 374 armoured personnel carriers. The weapons supplied to Pakistan were earlier used by American forces in Afghanistan and Iraq.

IANS