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Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Jet fighters supplied by Australia to Pakistan could be used to launch nuclear-armed missiles, thanks to a controversial military hardware deal almost two decades ago.
As alarm spreads about Pakistan's slide into civil chaos, new evidence has emerged that ex-RAAF Mirages have been involved in tests by Pakistan of cruise missiles, which could carry a nuclear payload.
The former Hawke Labor government sold 50 Mirages and spare parts to Pakistan in 1990, provoking anger from rival India, which said at the time that the deal could destabilise the region. Pakistan has since developed a cruise missile that can be launched from fighter aircraft, and which it claims carries "all types of warheads".
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