Pak regards India as existential threat, will pursue development of battlefield n-weapons to counter India: US report

Pakistan regards India as an existential threat and will continue to pursue its military modernisation effort, including the development of battlefield nuclear weapons, to offset India’s conventional military advantage, says a US report.

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The United States Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) in its 2025 Worldwide Threat Assessment, also says that India views China as its primary adversary and Pakistan more an ancillary security problem to be managed, despite the cross-border attacks in mid-May by both India’s and Pakistan's militaries.

The DIA report, with up-to-date information as of May 11, 2025, says this on Pakistan: “During the next year, the Pakistani military's top priorities are likely to remain cross-border skirmishes with regional neighbours, rising attacks by Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan and Baloch nationalist militants, counterterrorism efforts, and nuclear modernization.”

It says that “Pakistan almost certainly procures WMD (Weapon of Mass Destruction) applicable goods from foreign suppliers and intermediaries.”