There are no palatable ways to ensure the security of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons

Amidst concerns that Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal may fall into hands of non-state actors, a classified war game in the US has concluded that "there are no palatable ways to forcibly ensure the security of Islamabad’s nuclear weapons." The classified war game by US military experts and intelligence officials in Washington explored strategies for securing Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal if the country’s political institutions and military safeguards began to fall apart.

The conclusion of 2006’s game was that there are no palatable ways to forcibly ensure the security of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons, and that even studying scenarios for intervention could worsen the risks by undermining US-Pakistani cooperation.