Musharraf says nuke sites can withstand any strike Tuesday, December 26, 2006 10:29 [IST]
Karachi: Asserting that Pakistan will continue to increase
its defence capabilities, President Pervez Musharraf has said the country's
nuclear and missile installations are safe even from a nuclear strike.
"The security and safety of our nuclear and missile power is so much that
if God forbid there is a nuclear attack on Pakistan, this would not be
affected," Musharraf said on the occasion of the 130th birth anniversary
of founder of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah at his mausoleum here last night.
"Pakistan
is a nuclear and missile power. We have tested the accuracy and capability of
every missile," he added.
Talking of conventional power, he said Pakistan's defence was increasing
in comparison to the external threat. "It will continue to rise," he
noted.
"I am confident that the country does not face any external threat. Pakistan's
armed forces and the nation were fully capable of facing any such external
threat," he said.
"Our defence power is increasing in comparison to the external threat to
the country. Inshaallah, it will continue to increase," the President
said.
However, he noted that some internal threats and elements were out to harm the
country. "We have to face these internal threats," he said.
He vowed that the nation will face with full strength terrorist elements, be it
the al-Qaeda or militant Taliban, and defeat them.
"No one will be
allowed to challenge the writ of the government," he added |