And to their credit, all the US Special Forces that might potentially be involved, and also those of other countries (especially Israel) would not be undue put upon to take out a small breakaway portion of the ISI that might want to squirrel away some nukes for themselves. Any press-leakage is most assuredly from them, and not inadvertant.

It might also serve to get the ISI to scramble a bit, maybe move nuke parts around, and that can provide additional intel to the forces planning the operation: vehicle types, locations, number of soldiers, etc.

From our vantage point, it’s pretty safe to say that there’s almost no way to get an accurate picture of what’s really going on or what they’re planning.

I wonder how much Tom Clancy’s books (and games) had to do with that public acknowledgement?

By the way, Rainbox Six Vegas for XBox totally freakin’ rocks.

And by the time a “leak” such as this is announced on CNN or SM, I’m sure the nukes have long since been relocated.

“The Pentagon plans on sneaking CIA operatives into pakistan by disgusing them with handle bar mustaches and then have them apply for a job as a janitor, where the nukes are and then in the middle of their shift they will unplug the nukes. This will most likely occur in a weak or so.”

Razib, buddy. I was talking about the Intelligence leaks and American media such as CNN Publishing them, SM (and every other blog)has every right to blog on topics that it find from worthy sources. My point is that even if major news channels get information of such sensitive nature I think it should refrain from reporting them for International secutiy purposes

The Peacemaker Thomas Devoe: Okay, that does me no good. Now let’s deal with the facts at hand. 23 hours ago, General Alexander Kodoroff stole ten nuclear warheads. Julia Kelly: He’s just a delivery boy. I’m not afraid of the man who wants ten nuclear weapons, Colonel. I’m terrified of the man who only wants one.

Here is a description of the stages in an Indian nuclear attack

I hate to sound like an idiot, but just what does one of these non-missile, non-aerial bomb type nukes look like? When I think of a nuke, I always imagine the vending machine-size thing James Bond defused in Octopussy or almost did in Goldfinger, but then again those were just movies.

The Wikipedia articles on the W54 and the M-388 Davy Crockett should give you some idea. I think it’s unlikely that either Pakistan or India have devices this small, but I’m a geneticist, not a nuclear physicist.