Bharat Rakshak

Millon: I would only submit that the Indian TN weapons are close to US weapons in terms of weight to yield performance. <p>It was thought that the Indian design weighed closer to 450 kg in some earlier BR forum. Read my part about 2-point detonation also.<p>Do note that some of the early gerneratio...

I mean at a time we keep saying our deterrance is at place.. "Prithvi" definitely is ruled out per your analyses. <p>The Prithvi can be (and is) deployed as a nuclear system, but probably uses 12-13 kt. yield fission bomb. Another possibility is the 15-20 kt. yield boosted device tested a...

It is my understanding that India has made great strides in miniaturizing and is on par with the advanced thermonuclear designs elsewhere. <p>Actually, the major advancement to miniaturized H-bombs is to employ "two-point" detonation. Here the primary uses an oval-shaped core with just tw...