The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Mitt Romney says Pakistan is on a path to overtake the U.K. in nuclear weapons

Pakistan emerged as a source of concern during the third presidential debate in Boca Raton, Fla., which focused on foreign policy. At one point, Mitt Romney said, "Pakistan is important to the region, to the world and to us, because Pakistan has 100 nuclear warheads and they’re rushing to build a lot more. They’ll have more than Great Britain sometime in the relatively near future." We wondered whether Pakistan, a relative newcomer to the nuclear club, was really poised to leapfrog longtime nuclear power Great Britain. First, let’s look at ...

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