Foreign Policy Magazine: India Has A Secret Thermonuclear Weapons Program

An Indian Agni-II intermediate range ballistic missile on a road-mobile launcher, displayed at the Republic Day Parade on New Delhi's Rajpath, January 26, 2004. Wikipedia

RYOT: India’s New Secret Nuclear Facility Risks Military Build-Up in Asia

A recent report in Foreign Policy magazine claims that India is building a massive new nuclear research facility. The facility would also help produce fuel for the country’s nuclear submarines and reactors.

More troubling, the report claims that India will use the space to create an extra stockpile of enriched uranium fuel for use in nuclear weapons, particularly a powerful thermonuclear weapon.

If true, this revelation could spark fears in China and Pakistan, rivals in the region, wary of India’s secretive nuclear program.

The report says: “India’s close neighbors, China and Pakistan, would see this move as a provocation: Experts say they might respond by ratcheting up their own nuclear firepower.”

Pakistan’s estimated stockpile nuclear weapons is about 120, while China is said to possess about 260 nuclear warheads.

WNU Editor: For those who may not know .... thermonuclear weapons use atomic weapons as a trigger to produce a far greater explosion. The Foreign Policy article is here .... India Is Building a Top-Secret Nuclear City to Produce Thermonuclear Weapons, Experts Say (Foreign Policy). Whats my take .... if these reports are true, China and Pakistan will probably expand their nuclear weapons program.

More News On India's Nuclear Program

India building secret nuke facility, says magazine -- Hindustan Times
India building secret city to produce nuclear weapons reports US-based Foreign Policy magazine -- Indian Express
India building top secret nuclear facility in Karnataka, seeking to upgrade weapons to unsettle Pakistan -- Zee news
Experts worry that India is creating new fuel for an arsenal of H-bombs -- Center for Public Integrity