Pakistan has two parallel and competing special weapons programs. The initial program, which began in the late 1970s, was focused on uranium enrichment centered at Kahuta. More recently this program has enlarged its portfolio to include the Ghauri [Nodong] missile delivery system, which is flight tested at the nearby Tilla Jogian [Malute] test site. Apparently initiated in the mid-1980s following problems with the uranium program, the plutonium program is centered around the unsafeguarded nuclear reactor at Khushab, and has probably focused on the development of a nuclear warhead for the M-11 missiles stored at the nearby Sargodha Central Ammunition Depot . Pakistan's nuclear weapons tests were conducted at two locations in the Chagai Hills.The International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards five facilities in Pakistan: Kanupp and Chasma Nuclear power plants, the two Parr research reactors and the Hawks Bay depot. Pakistan is not a member of the Nonproliferation Treaty regime, therefore no other facilities are required to be subjected to inspections by the IAEA. However, this does not mean that these and other facilities are not physically secure. After 11 September 2001, Pakistan has asserted that its facilities are safe and guarded.
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