US put India's N-status more on par with Pak than China

[lem34]

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US put India's N-status more on par with Pak than China
TNN Sep 4, 2011, 02.08am IST

NEW DELHI: The US feels that by signing the civil nuclear deal, India has for all practical purposes chosen to forego future testing but its voluntary moratorium gave it the comfort of not formalizing a commitment never to test.

In a perceptive cable, after the 1998 Pokhran thermonuclear test was run down by a former defence scientist as a "fizzle", US diplomats argued "doubts about India's thermonuclear deterrent thus diminish India's strategic stature — putting it more on par with Pakistan than China — thereby stoking popular perceptions not only of insecurity, but also of inferiority".

The then national security adviser M K Narayanan rubbished the claims of an under-cooked nuclear bomb test.

[cyphercide]

That's what they think.Since we never signed and ratified the NPT in the first place,you never know just what we are upto

[Vibs]

For a nation that could not even detect the preparations for a nuclear test the US seems to claim to know a lot about that test. The statement about India seemingly giving up nuclear tests seems more like an assurance to Congressmen to enable this deal to be passed than anything else.

[applesauce]

while would anyone place india's N-status on par with china in the first place?

china(while not on par with russia and the US) has had more tests, is a thermonuclear power, is one of the recognized nuclear weapons states, has operational nuclear triad, global ranged ICBMs and more

[lem34]

while would anyone place india's N-status on par with china in the first place?

china(while not on par with russia and the US) has had more tests, is a thermonuclear power, is one of the recognized nuclear weapons states, has operational nuclear triad, global ranged ICBMs and more

Because India is incredible.

[HZR2011]

When did India sign NPT or CTBT??lol

[lem34]

When did India sign NPT or CTBT??lol

so india has parity with pakistan?

[Indian Tiger]

while would anyone place india's N-status on par with china in the first place?

china(while not on par with russia and the US) has had more tests, is a thermonuclear power, is one of the recognized nuclear weapons states, has operational nuclear triad, global ranged ICBMs and more

Who denied?

[IndoCarib]

Chalo, at least we are on par with Pakistan !

[JayAtl]

while would anyone place india's N-status on par with china in the first place?

china(while not on par with russia and the US) has had more tests, is a thermonuclear power, is one of the recognized nuclear weapons states, has operational nuclear triad, global ranged ICBMs and more

wanna take a second read at the article? you apparently did not comprehend it( not surprising)... they are not talking about delivery capability and India FYI is also a reconized Nuclear weapon state ( Oh snap!) .

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For a nation that could not even detect the preparations for a nuclear test the US seems to claim to know a lot about that test. The statement about India seemingly giving up nuclear tests seems more like an assurance to Congressmen to enable this deal to be passed than anything else.

Not everything said = said stance or accepted meme. This is an opinion among the sea of opinions given to the US state department

[Thorough Pro]

That's what they like to think, but we know we are much better in both nuclear and missile tech.

so india has parity with pakistan?

[misterme2]

For a nation that could not even detect the preparations for a nuclear test the US seems to claim to know a lot about that test. The statement about India seemingly giving up nuclear tests seems more like an assurance to Congressmen to enable this deal to be passed than anything else.

The US has gone overtime to develop assets to infiltrate India. Under Clinton and Bush, there were specific calls to make inroads in inteliigence capabilities in South Asia, specifically India.

[lem34]

The US has gone overtime to develop assets to infiltrate India. Under Clinton and Bush, there were specific calls to make inroads in inteliigence capabilities in South Asia, specifically India.

This was because the americans want to be closer freinds with India. This is what america does to countries that it wants to use.

[applesauce]

Who denied?

wanna take a second read at the article? you apparently did not comprehend it( not surprising)... they are not talking about delivery capability and India FYI is also a reconized Nuclear weapon state ( Oh snap!) .[COLOR="Silver"]

firstly, no one denied im simply saying why is this even brought up so its so clear already.

second, jayatl is banned, however to answer him: i comprehend English just fine. they did talk about thermonuclear weapons and i merely added the other stuff to show how far india is behind china and thus no on par at all and something so obvious needs no article to back it up. oh and FYI india is not a signatory to the NPT thus impossible to be a recognized nuclear weapons states but that is blurry now with the whole bush deal.

[Firemaster]

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Because India is incredible.

Thanks for acknowledgment.