Some arms control experts voice a variety of objections to
transferring PALS technology to Pakistan and other states. These
range from objections to the likelihood of Pakistan's acceptance
of the program to political objections to the ramifications that
granting Pakistan PALS will have on other states that are
considering proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. While
there may be validity to some of these objections, the on
balance effect of a technology transfer program dealing with
PALS would be positive. A first objection made is that Pakistan
may be unwilling to accept an offer by the United States to give
them this technology (Global Security Newswire). The logic
behind this argument is that Pakistan would be unlikely to allow
the U.S. to have detailed access to its nuclear weapons sites.
Since PALS are usually an integrated part of the nuclear device,
it would require on-site assistance by the United States that
might discourage Pakistani acceptance. While Pakistan would
probably indeed have concerns about allowing the U.S. unlimited
access to its nuclear facilities, the PALS program could easily
be designed to assuage these fears. First, while the U.S. would
have to be involved in installing PALS on the Pakistani weapons,
this doesn't require constant access to every Pakistani nuclear
weapons site. The installation would be a one-time procedure
that could be performed at any location Pakistan requested.
Additionally, if Pakistan refused even limited access to a
single site, Pakistani scientists could be trained to install
PALS themselves. While the technological specifications of PALS
are restricted from the general public to prevent efforts to
bypass the technology, giving the knowledge required to install
and operate them to another country wouldn't compromise our
nuclear security. Many other countries such as France and Russia
already have U.S. PALS technology, and since the Pakistani
government already possesses nuclear weapons they have no real
incentive to try to access ours (Bellovin).
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