Plutonium can be packed into M-11 missile casings and launched independent of aircraft, and Pakistan has built the Sargodha missile base for a slew of just such weapons, according to Pike. When we first started going after Sorgodha we expected to find a missile storage facility. Pike displayed a declassified military satellite photo of the same base taken in 1971 at a news conference Wednesday. Pakistan bought M-11s from China in 1991 and 1993 in defiance of the Missile Technology Control Regime. The United States sanctioned both Pakistan and China for the transaction.
Sanctions remain largely in place against Pakistan.