[Dartman]

A valid response is that Pakistan has had them for over a decade without using them.

Pakistan has NEVER been a friend of the West. Some misinformed American governments may have previously thought so, but, no.

[2harddrive]

Pakistan and India may not have THERMOnuclear weapons, though. Then again, they MIGHT. Unlike the gun-barrel uranium fission bombs, though, it is important to TEST them! And I have heard of no evidence of that, whereas I have heard of joint Israeli/South African nuclear tests, before the blacks took over in South Africa.