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I have more faith in the intelligence and security establisment - if something like this is available for public consumption, it's more likely by design. This seemed like deliberate dissemination / disinformation. I am sure our enemies can neither trust this values at face value without...

We have proven MIRV technology for civilian use. The problem is untested and unproven miniaturized warheads. We have limited number of missiles - better to use tested and reliable (atleast 25-40 KT Shakti 2warheads ) than taking unnecessary risk with untested warheads. I believe the thinking in...

We have tested 40 KT weapons which are good enough deterrents. Nobody in India is losing sleep for us not having enough bang. We have high confidence 200 KT weapons which can be quickly tested and produced should the need arise. We are not going to sign the CTBT so that our enemies live in fear...

Whether you kill or you overkill - result is the same.

The "outside world" quoted all types of figures from 12KT to 45KT. But you seem to be obsessed only with the lowest one - well whatever makes you sleep better.

Americans did a lot more testing than us. I am sure we can design lighter warheads today, but without testing they will not be used.

Prithvis are liquid fuelled old missiles and will be replaced soon - Prithvi 1 with Prahaar and Prithvi2 with Agni 1P.

It was likely Shakti1 (thermonuclear test) in Pokhran 2 fizzed and the secondary exploded partially. Shakti 1 was a thermonuclear device and not a weaponised warhead. For deterrence, we rely on pure fission and boosted fission warheads. Shakti 2 was a lightweight weaponised pure fission...

In the North Korean launch video the fuel is smokeless In that Agni-V missile video above the fuel produces a log of smoke. Does it mean anything?