A few days ago, an Indian news agency, Press Trust of India ( PTI ), reported that Indian security agencies had intercepted a ship that was bound for Karachi from China at Mumbai’s Nhava Sheva Port. The ship was stopped because it was suspected to be carrying a “dual-use consignment” that could find its way into Pakistan’s nuclear and ballistic missile program. The interception, done by Indian customs officials on the basis of an intelligence input, stopped the Malta-flagged merchant ship CMA CGM-Attila on January 23. India’s Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) went through the shipment and revealed that it included a computer numerical control (CNC) machine, produced by an Italian company . The DRDO also established its potential use in Pakistan’s nuclear program. Various Indian media reports said that the shipment with CNC machines had originated from China and was headed for “Pakistan Wings Pvt. Ltd.” in Sialkot. Further investigation, according to media reports, revealed that part of the consignment was for “Cosmos Engineering,” a Pakistani defense supplier that has been under internal investigation for about two years now.
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