Ex-CIA officer makes SHOCKING claims, says Pakistan targeted India with nuclear bombs and Indira Gandhi didn’t approve…

Former US Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer Richard Barlow has made several sensational and intriguing revelations about Pakistan’s nuclear program. Barlow, who worked in the top US intelligence agency between 1985 and 1988, said that the US not only turned a blind eye to Pakistan’s nuclear program but also assisted it. He said that Pakistan initially projected anti-India sentiment but later declared its bomb an Islamic bomb. Barlow also revealed plans by Israel and India to attack Pakistan’s nuclear sites.

In an interview with news agency ANI, Barlow claimed that in 1990, the US intelligence community observed nuclear weapons being deployed on Pakistani F-16s. “We knew without a doubt that Pakistan’s F-16s could carry nuclear weapons. We saw this happen ourselves.”

‘US knew everything’

The US publicly opposed Pakistan’s nuclear program and even imposed sanctions. However, Barlow believes this was merely a formality. He states that the US was aware of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons development during the 1980s, yet it did not take decisive action.

Barlow argues that the US did not prevent Pakistan from developing a nuclear bomb because Pakistan had become a key ally in the US’s fight against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (1979-1989). He adds that Washington officials became aware of scientist A.Q. Khan’s uranium enrichment activities at Kahuta.

What Barlow revealed about Indira Gandhi?

Former CIA officer Richard Barlow claimed that India and Israel could have jointly bombed Pakistan’s Kahuta plant in the early 1980s to deter Islamabad’s nuclear ambitions. This proposed joint covert operation would have solved many problems. The Indira Gandhi-led government was not prepared for it. “It is a pity that Indira Gandhi did not approve it; it could have solved many problems,” Barlow said. Established under the direction of A.Q. Khan, the architect and promoter of Pakistan’s nuclear program, the Kahuta enrichment facility became the center of Pakistan’s successful pursuit of nuclear weapons, culminating in Islamabad’s first nuclear tests in 1998.

Barlow claims that Pakistan’s primary objective in developing nuclear weapons was to counter India. However, Islamabad’s nuclear ambitions later evolved into an “Islamic bomb” under the leadership of its creator, Abdul Qadeer Khan (A.Q. Khan), with the goal of expanding and disseminating the technology to other Islamic countries, including Iran.

“I think A.Q. Khan once said, ‘We have a Christian bomb, we have a Jewish bomb, and we have a Hindu bomb. So we need a Muslim bomb,'” Barlow said. “It was quite clear to me that Pakistan intended to provide nuclear weapons technology to other Muslim countries, and that’s what happened.”

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