Pakistan might have offered to share military assistance, including "nuclear power" with Nigeria, in defiance of counter-proliferation agreement with the U.S.
US government scientists and Pentagon officials will gather today behind tight security at a Nebraska air force base to discuss the development of a modernised arsenal of small, specialised nuclear weapons which critics believe could mark the dawn of a new era in proliferation.
The US has told its allies that it believes North Korea is developing nuclear weapons small enough to use as missile warheads and could perfect the technology within a year, it was reported yesterday. But analysts questioned the reliability of the claim in the wake of the controversy about intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.
The Pentagon is planning a new generation of weapons, including huge hypersonic drones and bombs dropped from space, that will allow the US to strike its enemies at lightning speed from its own territory.
Respected scientists on both sides of the Atlantic warned yesterday that the US is developing a new generation of weapons that undermine and possibly violate international treaties on biological and chemical warfare.