U.S. Official says Pakistan's nuclear arsenal not a safety concern following militant attack.

[No Elephants]

Questions about the protection of Pakistan's nuclear weapons arose after a group of heavily armed militants early Thursday broke through security at Pakistan's Minhas air force base in Kamra in Punjab province and engaged security forces at the facility in a gun battle. The attack ended after the security forces killed eight of the militants while losing one of their own. One plane was damaged.

U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland, when asked about the attack and its implications, said Islamabad in a statement denied there was any nuclear material or any nuclear weapons at the base, adding the United States has no information to contradict that statement.

She said Pakistan, aware of the range of potential threats to its nuclear arsenal, has secured its nuclear arsenal accordingly.

"We do talk about these issues and support Pakistani efforts to keep them secure, and we have for quite a long, long time," Nuland said. "And we don't have any reason to be concerned at this moment."

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[Enthusiast]

1. I have no doubt that

U.S. intelligence has a contingency plan to neutralize Pakistan's entire nuclear arsenal, if necessary.

Of course I could be wrong.