Rana Sanaullah, adviser to Pakistan’s Prime Minister has admitted Pakistan Army had only 30 to 45 seconds to determine whether a BrahMos cruise missile fired by India during war could have a nuclear warhead.
Rana Sanaullah also pointed out that the risk of a nuclear war weighed heavily during the India-Pakistan conflict.
“When India fired BrahMos at Nur Khan airbase, Pakistan’s military had only 30-45 seconds to analyse whether the incoming missile may have a nuclear warhead. To decide anything on this in just 30 seconds was a dangerous situation,” Sanaullah told a Pakistani news channel.
“I am not saying that they did good by not using a nuclear warhead, but at the same time the people on this side could have misunderstood it also, leading to the launch of the first nuclear weapon that could spark a global nuclear war,” he added.
