Pakistan rejects US accusation of modifying Harpoon missiles
Monday, August 31, 2009
Islamabad rejects accusation as part of campaign to ‘malign it’
NEW YORK: The Obama administration has accused Pakistan of illegally modifying US-made missiles to expand its ability to hit land-based targets, which would constitute a threat to India, The New York Times reported in Sunday editions.
Citing senior administration and Congressional officials, the Times said the charge came in late June through an unpublicised diplomatic protest to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and other top Pakistani officials.
The accusation, made amid growing concerns about Pakistan’s increasingly rapid conventional and nuclear weapons development, triggered a new round of US-Pakistani tensions, the report added. “There’s a concerted effort to get these guys to slow down,” the newspaper quoted a senior administration official as saying. “Their energies are misdirected,” the official added.
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NEW YORK: The Obama administration has accused Pakistan of illegally modifying US-made missiles to expand its ability to hit land-based targets, which would constitute a threat to India, The New York Times reported in Sunday editions.
Citing senior administration and Congressional officials, the Times said the charge came in late June through an unpublicised diplomatic protest to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and other top Pakistani officials.
The accusation, made amid growing concerns about Pakistan’s increasingly rapid conventional and nuclear weapons development, triggered a new round of US-Pakistani tensions, the report added. “There’s a concerted effort to get these guys to slow down,” the newspaper quoted a senior administration official as saying. “Their energies are misdirected,” the official added.
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