Top US official says Pakistani missiles can strike targets in United States



Pakistani military personnel stand beside short-range Surface to Surface Missile NASR during Pakistan Day military parade in Islamabad, Pakistan, March 23, 2017. — Reuters
Pakistani military personnel stand beside short-range Surface to Surface Missile NASR during Pakistan Day military parade in Islamabad, Pakistan, March 23, 2017. — Reuters 

WASHINGTON: A day after the United States imposed sanctions over Pakistan’s ballistic missile programme, a senior White House official on Thursday said that the country is developing missiles that eventually could strike targets outside of South Asia, including the United States.

Deputy national security adviser Jon Finer said Islamabad’s conduct raised “real questions” about its intentions.

“Candidly, it’s hard for us to see Pakistan’s actions as anything other than an emerging threat to the United States,” Finer said in a speech to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.


This is a developing story and is being updated with further details

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