Word: sargodha
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...vast network of informants in Asia who report movements of weapons-related equipment in the region. By last summer the CIA concluded that China had delivered to Pakistan not just missile parts but also more than 30 ready-to-launch M-11s that are stored in canisters at the Sargodha air force base west of Lahore. The Pakistanis were also working to build nuclear warheads small enough to fit atop the missiles...
...delivers the smoking gun, such as photos of M-11s out of their canisters or being rolled off the assembly line. That may be a difficult standard to meet. CIA officials suspect that Pakistan knows when agency satellites pass over and is careful to keep activities at Rawalpindi and Sargodha under wraps during those times. Thus the proof the Administration wants may not come until it's too late--when the missiles are actually used...