Bharat Rakshak

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A very good article by Rajesh Rajgoplan in IDSA's Strategic Analysis, Oct. '99. Tim Hoyt you should look at this. It is very pertinent to the strategic blance debate going on. --------- Nuclear Strategy and Small Nuclear Forces: The Conceptual Components Rajesh Rajagopalan, Research Fellow,...

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The Washington based Center for Security studies run by Frank Gaffeney has posted a series of papers opposing the CTBT. They are basically summaries of opinion. Gives good reasons. BTW, read the one about verifiability. It states the monitoring system can detect only one kt. Explains why the May 13 ...

ramana

Kaushal, The links posted by psmith a few posts back in this thread are the barc newsletter. Please read them and discuss.

ramana

Enough of this BS and uncertainity. I strongly feel another repeat is needed to gve credibility. The US Senate debate has done nothing to the credibility of Indian posture. Many pip squeak pols have come to podium and used the May tests didnt work arguement. I was browsing my data bank on POK-2 a...

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Soon after the Indian tests the Center for Security Policy run by Frank Gaffney had the following to say: <A HREF="http://www.security-policy.org/papers/1998/98-D86.html" TARGET=_blank>http://www.security-policy.org/papers/1998/98-D86.html</A> True he is a conservative but listen to wh...

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Thanks. My reading is they measured the abundance of two isotopes- 46 Sc and 54Mn and calculated number of fissions to produce these. From this they figured out the yield at 50Kt. There is uncertainity of 20% due to this method. So they fix it at 50+/- 10. What I would like to know more - Mo...

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Sunil can you read the July 99 link and try to put describe it in layman's terms? Groundrule -Layman is College physics level.

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psmith, Thanks a lot. I have been looking for this R-C data for sometime. It did not occur to me to look up BARC for the updates. shiv add these to you page. Calvin, shiv is working on a page to handle all these links.

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From The Pioneer, 10/11/99......... Nuclear onus on Navy Sat Pal The draft Nuclear policy document talks of the triad platform, which means keeping the second-strike nuclear weapons in the air, on the land, and on-board submarines. It is amazing that the collective wisdom of al...

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The BARC in their Nov. '98 newsletter expalin the basis of their yeild estimates. They show by four different seismic methods that the yileds are as stated. Subsequently they have drilled the test holes and recovered the samples. In Lok Sabha they stated that the radio-chemical analysis matches the ...

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Iron Bombs The advent of modern jet fighter bomber which carried under-wing stores put an end to the WWII era aircraft bombs. They were found to be drag inducing and inaccurate for delivery. In light of these facts, Ed Hinemann of Douglas Aircraft undertook to design a new bomb family the MK series ...

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I think Perkovich is carrying on the usual baloney about scientists pressure etc. In the same breath he is tarring and feathering(Brer Rabbit exression) the POK-2 results. If he is serious about clamping India at its level of knowledge, he wouldnt have done this.Can he truly address the questions...

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Now that a new cabinet is about to be formed for the GOI, let us discuss the issues that have to be addressed before joining the world norms on nuclear treaties. SANCTIONS: * There are the sanctions on nuclear power equipment. From POK-1 days. * Economic sanctions - unilateral by US and opp...

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Yes it is bothersome to rule out further testing for ever. However consider that - India plans second strike doctrine - has tested a range of devices- .5 to 45 kt. I am ignoring the other lesser ones. - RC seems to know his stuff and has passed the torch to younger scientists in the ...

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From TOI, 10/6/99........... Way to go people! Sometime back there was a thread to write to Rep. Lewis about som eof the measures being considered here. US panel paving way for sanctions waiver By Ramesh Chandran The Times of India News Service WASHINGTON: After days of tough negotia...

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Joshi may sound as an khaki shorts idealogue, but he is a Prof of Modern Physics and does know the intricacies of the subject. What he is talking about are accomodation outside the treaties- defacto recognition instead of dejure. For instance the NSG round of sanctions are part of national legislati...

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Why not! The more info even peripheral can have bearing on the subject.

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He has to get his stuff published. The publications are controlled by left-leaning pundits. Also they have not thought the problem through as we in the forum have. WE discuss the issue on daily basis. They discuss only every week at IIC or IHC on Lodhi Road over chota/bada peg.His article has its...

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Cant tell much from the pix. One thing is the G-II has more smoke but we dont know how many seconds after T0. The G-I picture is a frame grabbed from TV while the later is a photo. Any way new stuff is coming out on the NoDong/ G-I/II in Janes' IDR- July or Aug '99. (Salman can you help?) The gis...

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An opinion article from B.Raman about Taliban, Laden and India. One thing to remember about Laden is his fight is with the forces that have occupied Islamic holy places and is a reverse of the Crusades. If he tries to fight against India it dilutes his stance and could lead to problems. BTW, if I re...

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K.S replies to DND critics...... TOI 10/4/99 Editorial section A Credible Deterrent Logic of the Nuclear DoctrineBy K SubrahmanyamTHE Indian nuclear doctrine recommended by the non-official National Security Advisory Board has predictably generated a national and international debate....

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Could we keep this for a fortnight or so? If we have to prune there are any number of threads. ------------- Deccan Chronicle, Oct.2, 1999 Matter of time before India is recognised as N-power: Expert New Delhi: The nuclear weapon nations are likely to co-opt India into the non-proliferation order on...

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I did read the article when it first came out. In fact this article supported my views that uncle was egging on the nuclear armed pitbull at India in order for her to rush into his arms. There is another way out of the labryinth. You can blast your way out of it if you have the means. Where all t...

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Johann you hit the nail on the head. Indian contributions are not so well highlighted due to all the facts you mention. I thik the 5th Indian division was also involved in Italy. I am subject to correction. Kevin, WWII is generally regarded as starting on Sept.3, 1939 when UK and Frnace declared ...

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Guys, Keep up the quality of discussion. Iam proud of the forum that we can engage in the high quality of discussion. This definitely beats any place on Internet and the print meidum any day. Thanks for the info.

ramana

For a contra opinon to what I say read what T. Jayaraman says in latest Frontline: <A HREF="http://www.the-hindu.com/fline/fl1619/16190910.htm" TARGET=_blank>http://www.the-hindu.com/fline/fl1619/16190910.htm</A> Dont know what to say. Being in US constrains one from explaining the whi...

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Gohar can wave what he wants. There is no need to test anymore. Why create debris in our own land? What the world wants to do with him is their own problem. As for India it has its doctrine and the relevant para tells the people in charge what to do if he makes the mistake of letting his mind do...

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The question being asked is ' Is one test sufficient?' This has two levels of answers- technical and political. First the technical. A fusion based device consists of - a trigger, a fission based primary (could be boosted), a secondary and an optional tertiary heavy metal blanket. Of these the cr...

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A few things first. Indian estimates of POK-2 yield were based on: 1) Seismic methods - Magnitude of Mb wave. Has attenuation problems - i.e stations far-away will read less magnitude. Also simulataneous explosions cause interference. This is a typical wave equation effect. If you understa...

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Please check out the BR Monitor for my article " Kargil Surprise-Why?" I submit the reason is the police origin of the Indian agencies. They are great at collecting info build dossiers and files. What does all that mean is another issue. The Western agencies felt the same problems and ...

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Thanks for the clarification. I stand corrected.

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BTW, 'Red Eagles' is the 4 th Division. It was famous in WWII in North Africa against the Afrika Korps. The Book Rommel by Desmond Young(?)refers to it often. Does any body know the names of other Indian divisions? Could be posted as another thread. Also the 4th was initally commanded by Maj. ...

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The Goa herald article was scanned by shiv and should be archived. The Balachandran article was from Hindu and yes everyone discussed it to death about how bookish the guy is etc. The gist of it is 4 kg and a bunch of them need to be delivered as his damage assessment was conservative. Anyway here i...

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Thanks for the comments. I will write about the rest of the trip in the other forum. Will take a little bit more time-work, jet lag etc. No the people are not satisfied about the body count. They know it is excessive. OTH, they know covert aggression has taken place and soldiers get killed wh...

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Sorry for being a bit late but I wanted to think it over. ------------- Some comments on the draft doctrine as found at the MEA site: Preamble section. This section is six paragraphs long and sets out the rationale, the why and wherefore for the doctrine. The operative paragraphs are 1.2...

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Draft Report of National Security Advisory Board on Indian Nuclear Doctrine A u g u s t 1 7, 1 9 9 9 1. Preamble 2. Objectives 3. Nuclear Forces 4. Credibility and Survivability 5. Command and Control 6. Security and Safety 7. Research and Development 8. ...

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I have returned from our family's quadrennial India trip. I landed in Delhi at the height of Kargil crises, around July 4th. I expected Delhi to be under a seige mentality and was pleasantly surprised to find out I was wrong. Everything was chalta hai. People were going about their normal routines i...

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Salman, thanks for the info. from Janes. The long barrel is for accuracy using the local round. INSAS can fire both NATO std and the local round. The delays were due to mfg., insistence of local round being perfect etc. The approach now appears to be induct INSAS w/ NATO round while production ge...

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