China is reportedly helping build a new missile plant in Pakistan and providing its key ally all assistance, including special steel, guidance system and technical aid, a US Congressional Committee has said.

“China has not only supplied Pakistan complete M-11 missiles but it is also providing blueprints and equipment to Pakistan to build a plant for making missiles that would violate the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR),” the Congressional Research Service said.

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According to the report prepared by Shirley A Kan of CRS's foreign affairs, defence and trade division, Pakistan's Khushab plutonium plant is reportedly generating weapons grade plutonium with China possibly providing some equipment for its secret heavy water production plant at that site.

While China has promised not to transfer missiles, it is reportedly helping Pakistan to achieve an indigenous missile capacity, it noted.

Former head of the CIA's nonproliferation centre had said that China had delivered 34 M-11 missiles to Pakistan.

... Sanctions were not imposed for transfer of complete M-11 missiles because the missiles remain in crates at Sargodha Air Base, CRS said, adding that on September 9 last year the CIA publicly confirmed Pakistan has M-11 short range ballistic missiles from china Which may have a nuclear role.

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