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by enqyoobOLD
06 Jul 2008 17:11
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008
Replies: 1456
Views: 248610

Re: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008

Now, the first ever survey carried out to gauge the Muslim sentiment against the nuclear deal has found the deal to be ''anti-Muslim.'' Clearly no one here, all being anti-Muslim yindoo fundoo extremists, has considered the parallels between the Destruction of the Bhabha Cirrus Reactor and the Dest...
by enqyoobOLD
06 Jul 2008 08:18
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: BR Forums Feedback
Replies: 1566
Views: 325801

Re: Site Suggestions & Forum Feedback

This is the problem with turning peaceful ppl like me into Displaced Persons by locking up the Positive News thread. You find us on your doorstep, RPG launcher and IED Mubarak in hand. I wonder if some minimal standards could be imposed for posts in the MIL Forum.. the posts here include many that a...
by enqyoobOLD
05 Jul 2008 18:12
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008
Replies: 1456
Views: 248610

Re: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008

Snow garu, Supreme HQ here approves transfer of the following advanced reactor technology to you, per your signing ITAR (idli technology for advanced reactors), NPT and instituting full-scope safeguards: Use solid-state, amorphous H2O (not the crystalline version in your user name), place in reactor...
by enqyoobOLD
05 Jul 2008 08:01
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008
Replies: 1456
Views: 248610

Re: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008

What is an oxide fuel (rusted Uranium?) and what is a metallic fuel? I thought any fuel had to be refined through a gazillion steps so that it takes 1,000,000,000,000 tons of "pitchblende" or whatever to give 100 kg of U235, which may have about 1% U235 and 0.2% U233? But I don't understan...
by enqyoobOLD
05 Jul 2008 06:45
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008
Replies: 1456
Views: 248610

Re: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008

Good question, AmberG. I wonder too. *********** Different question. Will some expert kindly illuminate me on this elementary question - I honestly don't know enough to figure it out. Facts: Iran is a signatory to NPT. Iran says it needs nuke plants for electric power. Iran is known to have 3000+ ce...
by enqyoobOLD
04 Jul 2008 23:57
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008
Replies: 1456
Views: 248610

Re: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008

You should take him on a trip to the Athabasca river, the tar sands and the glacier, and the Lashkar-e-Mosquitos there. :eek: Suddenly the Saudi desert seems warm and friendly...
by enqyoobOLD
04 Jul 2008 22:27
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008
Replies: 1456
Views: 248610

Re: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008

vina: I tend to agree with the prediction that there will be an H&D-saving "123" with TSP. This may be the price paid to get Dragon support in the NSG. Whether the IAEA and US/ Israel want to face another unstable, rabid "NPT member" with "fully safeguarded" nuclear...
by enqyoobOLD
03 Jul 2008 18:22
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008
Replies: 1456
Views: 248610

Re: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008

Amit: Shifting the discussion here from the poll thread per ramana: Numbers inserted by me. I’m just trying to visualise certain scenarios that could crop up once the deal is signed. (And yes, going by the developments I think this deal is going to be signed, whether by this government or the next –...
by enqyoobOLD
02 Jul 2008 20:02
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Welcome to the New Moderators
Replies: 83
Views: 36114

Re: Welcome to the New Moderators

AoA! (these days even some1 as Phaithphool as myself is afraid to write expanded form of that - the Bredators hovering around). I see that THIS is what did the BENIS dhaga in: [quote]The lack of females and Muslim participants is a concern. Not sure how to go about dealing with this issue. To which ...
by enqyoobOLD
02 Jul 2008 07:52
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008
Replies: 1456
Views: 248610

Re: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008

Aryavarta: About your second point, re: MMS' mindset: I agree that MMS' vision of his own legacy for India, may be very different from the vision articulated above by RamaY, for instance. MMS is not a weapon enthusiast, and his dream of India may be one that is largely at peace with the neighborhood...
by enqyoobOLD
02 Jul 2008 06:35
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008
Replies: 1456
Views: 248610

Re: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008

AV: FD Investment in India is still limited to a few entities: Bharati Telecom, Reliance, Tata. Beyond that, the Indian stock market is a mystery to most people, esp. to foreign funds. So "India" funds are still exotic, "Emerging Market" things with very large fluctuation rates. ...
by enqyoobOLD
02 Jul 2008 02:04
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008
Replies: 1456
Views: 248610

Re: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008

For all the charade of 'asking for more', we have ended up in this tangle, not getting substantially more than just the Uranium fuel. Is it worth it? This I wish we all knew. For now I have to go on "gut feeling" that MMS and Kakodkar won't sell the country short. I know others :rotfl: :r...
by enqyoobOLD
02 Jul 2008 00:33
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008
Replies: 1456
Views: 248610

Re: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008

“You have ample stocks. You don’t plan ahead and use them, and instead want to go and buy far more expensive stocks from someone else. What does that say?” That you are smart. Because the price of uranium is rising very fast, and getting to buy on the open market while you can, and conserving your ...
by enqyoobOLD
01 Jul 2008 22:30
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008
Replies: 1456
Views: 248610

Re: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008

I have read several times that Natwar Singh was "removed" because of American pressure, but if that is true, then my respect for the Americans goes up. Doesn't anyone remember what a complete disaster Natwar Singh was as foreign mantri (or whatever he was?) He was the one who went to South...
by enqyoobOLD
01 Jul 2008 21:44
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008
Replies: 1456
Views: 248610

Re: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008

In all this fine "no criticize intent" it is useful to remember 5 examples: 1. Morarji Desai's cabinet with the many bottles of Johny Walker exchanged for national secrets. 2. The CPI(M) and CPI leaders and their purchase by Russia (and very fairly presumable, by China). 3. Tehelka 4. The ...
by enqyoobOLD
01 Jul 2008 18:30
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008
Replies: 1456
Views: 248610

Re: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008

In this whole discussion, another side of the issue has been ignored, like the "Cirrus Reactor". Have u considered what happens when there is an accident (or a major theft) at any Indian "civilian" reactor facility? The shutdown of Cirrus is perhaps related to this concern. It is...
by enqyoobOLD
01 Jul 2008 16:58
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: International Nuclear Watch & Discussion
Replies: 558
Views: 91994

Re: International nuclear watch & discussion -27-Apr-08

This related to what I had posted re: the calculations for ICBM numbers needed to achieve any probability of hitting a target. U have to read between the lines and use Conspiracy Theory, but not a lot: French proposal calls for military component to EU space policy. In continuing coverage from previ...
by enqyoobOLD
01 Jul 2008 16:39
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008
Replies: 1456
Views: 248610

Re: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008

Lot of confusion here. Let me try to clarify: 1. "Pro-Deal" (that means someone who wants India to sign the NUCLEAR civilian cooperation deal, a.k.a. "Cap, Rollback, Eliminate, Surrender" (CRES). Someone may be "pro-deal" because if India signs it, that fact can be used...
by enqyoobOLD
01 Jul 2008 08:24
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008
Replies: 1456
Views: 248610

Re: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008

here are other issues as well like cost per Kilowatt of power, the sheer area that has to be covered with the solar panels in order to harvest the sunlight etc. Among other good features, Photovoltaic cells are made from silicon using large amounts of sulphuric acid, IIRC. They take up a huge amoun...
by enqyoobOLD
01 Jul 2008 07:20
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Iran News and Discussions
Replies: 3300
Views: 554918

Re: Iran News and Discussions - 11 December 2007

Pentagon Official Warns of Israeli Attack on Iran U.S. Offical Sees Two 'Red Lines' That Could Prompt Strike BY JONATHAN KARL WASHINGTON, June 30, 2008— Senior Pentagon officials are concerned that Israel could carry out an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities before the end of the year, an action t...
by enqyoobOLD
01 Jul 2008 05:56
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008
Replies: 1456
Views: 248610

Re: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008

Acharya, the placard held by the child reads "No to Indo Us arms deal" not "No to Indo US nuke deal". May be you are right ,children do have better judgment. Children know that it is the same thing. Acharyaji, I bow to that masterpiece. So the child in the picture is holding a s...
by enqyoobOLD
01 Jul 2008 01:33
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008
Replies: 1456
Views: 248610

Re: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008

ust 1 cubic kilometer of sea water near Jhuhu beach alone will let you extract about 10 Kilo of Gold to make you rich.
Digging the sand there would probably get you more, since Haji Mastaan's crews occasionally had to dump their imports overboard when the Customs boats decided to stop them.
by enqyoobOLD
30 Jun 2008 20:57
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008
Replies: 1456
Views: 248610

Re: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008

as you reposted, young children carrying signs

Not to mention (so I won't) older children reposting those without even bothering to check what the sign said it was opposing. :roll:
by enqyoobOLD
30 Jun 2008 20:27
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008
Replies: 1456
Views: 248610

Re: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008

An inter-party informal consensus that ... t and left
Oh, that means an all-new fleet of State Transport buses and maybe even train bogies. Which company manufactures teargas in India? Need to invest.
by enqyoobOLD
30 Jun 2008 17:16
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008
Replies: 1456
Views: 248610

Re: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008

"Even children have reason to oppose". Ah, yes, I see that the child is holding a placard saying Say NO to the "INDO-US ARMS DEAL". Which is why the Indo-US CIVILIAN NUCLEAR technology deal insists on separation of the arms from the civilian part of the deal. So this is proof tha...
by enqyoobOLD
30 Jun 2008 17:07
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008
Replies: 1456
Views: 248610

Re: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008

Support for the Megatonnage Theory. Amber pls. note: [quote]Centennial anniversary of Tunguska event noted. USA Today (6/30, Vergano) reports on "the centennial anniversary of the last big impact, the 1908 Tunguska" event, which "leveled nearly 800 square miles of swampy woodland in S...
by enqyoobOLD
30 Jun 2008 07:45
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008
Replies: 1456
Views: 248610

Re: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008

Actually I am 400% for war-phooting research and development on renewable energy. But NOT signing the nuclear deal is NOT going to divert a paisa into these fields, and the neta-babus are not going to suddenly turn into super-engineers to run these projects. Also, there is a little problem with sola...
by enqyoobOLD
30 Jun 2008 02:45
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008
Replies: 1456
Views: 248610

Re: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008

I was under the impression that you were the one that subscribed to counting atoms!!! Perhaps not. Actually I am, thanks. As against any expectations that a 5% "Unaccounted" loss of fissile material would be "chalta hai". It's easy to see that since 1kg = 10KT, if you lose 5% of...
by enqyoobOLD
29 Jun 2008 22:55
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Internal Security Watch
Replies: 2843
Views: 535239

Re: Internal Security Watch

a busy weekly market that sells pigs, goats,
Pakistan is Victim of Terrorism! :((
by enqyoobOLD
29 Jun 2008 22:24
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008
Replies: 1456
Views: 248610

Re: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008

AmberG, the brilliant solution to the "1MT test" demands has just become obvious. Why should India agree to express "yield" in terms of kilograms of trinitrotoulene, which is anyway supposed to be a Chinese invention? India should express yield in terms of indigenous culturally a...
by enqyoobOLD
29 Jun 2008 20:51
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008
Replies: 1456
Views: 248610

Re: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008

the dung needs to be collected ASAP, before global warming gases escape into the air. This requires training for the cows to "go" only in approved locations - i.e., Containment Facilities subject to IAEA, FAO, and USDA inspection with Full-Scope Safeguards. Wonder if there will be an FMCT...
by enqyoobOLD
29 Jun 2008 18:48
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008
Replies: 1456
Views: 248610

Re: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008

Now the arguments to kill the deal are getting a bit overstrained in their speciousness, aren't they? So the economy is not growing at 8-9% (the rest of the world is plunging, BTW). Is this a reason why infrastructure development should be abandoned? Or did the lack of infrastructure just show up fo...
by enqyoobOLD
28 Jun 2008 08:50
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008
Replies: 1456
Views: 248610

Re: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008

Satyarthi, that brings me to the story of the little bird. The little bird was sitting on a branch shivering in the freezing wind, close to death. Just then a fruit fell off a branch above and hit the bird on the head, so that it fell down to the grass. As it lay slightly dazed, a cow walked by and ...
by enqyoobOLD
28 Jun 2008 07:56
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008
Replies: 1456
Views: 248610

Re: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008

I was just thinking... always a bad thing to think, I know. What if I were a farmer... I have heard that compost is the greatest resource for growing vegetables. What if I sold off all my grassy meadows, and leased my cows to the neighbors, and instead got the biggest compost heap in the district. E...
by enqyoobOLD
27 Jun 2008 03:56
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008
Replies: 1456
Views: 248610

Re: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008

So Dr. Abdul Kalaam has come out lobbying for this sha'eed-e-deal? Doesn't that make him a "yankee stooge (??) and representative of Big Business? I am glad to see that the CPI (ML) has come out against the deal. So have Pervez Musharraf, Aiman Al-Zuwahiri, Henry Sokolski, Shrilleen Mazari... I...
by enqyoobOLD
26 Jun 2008 08:08
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Welcome to the New Moderators
Replies: 83
Views: 36114

Re: Welcome to the New Moderators.

AoA! More mullahs to avoid aggravating. :eek: :eek: :shock:
by enqyoobOLD
24 Jun 2008 16:54
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Future Nuclear testing: pros and cons-2
Replies: 307
Views: 136761

Re: Future Nuclear testing: pros and cons-2

Why only POK-3? We are needing POK-4, 5, 6 ...... upto 1,700,000,000 onlee! :roll:
by enqyoobOLD
24 Jun 2008 08:42
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Future Nuclear testing: pros and cons-2
Replies: 307
Views: 136761

Re: Future Nuclear testing: pros and cons-2

I think what this thread proves is that political loyalties will trump reason, logic and national interest every time. I won't say ******* ********** 8)
by enqyoobOLD
24 Jun 2008 03:23
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008
Replies: 1456
Views: 248610

Re: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008

I don't see how the Australian :P matters. Note: 1) India does not need imported Uranium (right?) 2) India can find numerous non-NSG suppliers of Uranium waiting to sell U to India any time. (right?) 3) India is going to sign the NPT anyway or MMS has already agreed to do so (right?) 4) If India jus...
by enqyoobOLD
21 Jun 2008 00:39
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008
Replies: 1456
Views: 248610

Re: Indian Nuke News & Discussion Thread-June 18 2008

This trend must be controlled. If the state has to intervene forcefully to do this, so be it. We cannot allow Reliance and others to starve DAE of manpower. They seek todays profits and will never ever work towards contributing to national interest :roll: :roll: the way the DAE does. IOW, attract t...