U.S. officials said, "No country that possesses an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of targeting the United States will be considered a friend."
U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that the Pakistani military is developing an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the U.S. mainland. Pakistan seeks this capability, perhaps to deter the U.S. from attempting a preemptive strike to destroy its nuclear arsenal or to intervene on India's behalf in future India-Pakistan conflicts.
Regardless, as U.S. officials pointed out, if Pakistan acquires an intercontinental ballistic missile, Washington will have no choice but to view it as a nuclear adversary. No other country possessing an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of targeting the United States will be considered a friend. In short, today, increasing nuclear dangers lurk in every region vital to the United States.
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