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  1. garg_bharat

    Time to conduct megaton weapon test

    Again you are wrong. India had a few non-assembled air droppable "devices" during Rajiv Gandhi era. That situation did not improve till tests in 1998. Missiles existed but no proof that these missiles were weaponized till 1998. The years 2000-2004 saw weaponization of two classes of missiles...
  2. garg_bharat

    Time to conduct megaton weapon test

    You are wrong! There are many changes to India's nuclear posture which I cannot elaborate here. One can say that India is ready now.
  3. garg_bharat

    Time to conduct megaton weapon test

    Using a nuke is a very difficult decision. It will definitely have severe side effects for quite some time. We unfortunately have an irrational neighbor who is hell bent on killing as many Indians as possible. Its only policy is to kill Indians. It is impossible to deal with such a neighbor...
  4. garg_bharat

    Time to conduct megaton weapon test

    Kay, issue is not no first use policy. BUT no use policy. Many "experts" came to believe that India will not use its nukes at all (Gandhian thinking). So a statement by Indian PM throws such miscalculations in the dustbin. It was very important statement as such indications were coming from...
  5. garg_bharat

    Time to conduct megaton weapon test

    Please note that nuclear threat has been used by Pakistan regularly against India. And India has been silent. There is a huge difference in a statement by a country's Prime Minister and some think tank or some expert. Only statement from PM will be taken seriously by enemy.
  6. garg_bharat

    Time to conduct megaton weapon test

    India has NEVER said officially that it has a TN bomb. Having it since 1998 is moot. In fact doubts have been raised periodically by both Indian and Western press about India's force level as well as "resolve". Some have even questioned if India will respond at all to a Pakistani nuke attack...
  7. garg_bharat

    Time to conduct megaton weapon test

    Progress is needed not only in bomb BUT also how bomb is delivered. I would say that delivery is more important than the bomb itself. Most of the expense is on delivery systems. The differentiator will be progress made in this area.
  8. garg_bharat

    Time to conduct megaton weapon test

    Theoretically yes. Practically no. I believe Modi's remark "mother of nuclear bomb" refers to thermonuclear device. Though I may be wrong. May be your information is correct.
  9. garg_bharat

    Time to conduct megaton weapon test

    No test is likely. I doubt India has megaton devices. The largest device is rumored to be 200KT.
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