Saturday, August 29, 2009

Indian Armed Forces Confident About Nuclear Arsenal

From Times Of India:

NEW DELHI: Indian armed forces seem quite confident about the country's nuclear arsenal despite the controversy over the "yields'' of the 1998
Pokhran-II nuclear tests, which included a 15 kiloton fission device, a 45 kiloton thermonuclear device (hydrogen bomb) and three sub-kiloton devices.

Outgoing Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta, also the chairman of the chiefs of staff committee, on Thursday said India had "a credible minimum nuclear deterrent'' in line with its no-first use (NFU) policy.

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My Comment: This story did raise a number of eyebrows yesterday. What I am surprised about is that it took the Indian Government more than 24 hours to deny it.

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