'Nukes aren't showpieces' 'Nukes aren't showpieces'

Islamabad is open to using tactical devices — a reference to tactical nuclear weapons that Pakistan is believed to possess — against India if it feels its safety is threatened, Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said in an interview to Pakistani TV channel SAMAA.

'Tactical weapons, our programmes that we have developed, they have been developed for our protection. We haven't kept the devices that we have just as showpieces. But if our safety is threatened, we will annihilate them (India)," Asif said in the interview, telecast on September 26.

He had made a similar comment on Geo TV on September 17, a day before the terrorist attack in Uri.