Bharat Rakshak

Good Points.<P>Remenber, this is a mind game.<BR>Ever hear of psychological warfare?<P>That is as much a part of nuclear posturing<BR>as building the weapons themselves.<P>India must learn to play poker.<P>Best course of action concerning yields<BR>is to keep your mouth shut and say the yields<BR>ar...

American Civil War: 600,000 dead (both Union<BR>and Confederate) or about 2.1% of the American population at that time.<P>WWII: 450,000 dead or about 0.32 % of the population of the US at that time.<P>This thread reminds me of a (true) story I once heard. In Hyde Parks's Speaker corner<BR>in London,...

>Dr. Agarwal said that he was confident<BR>>"Trinetra" will prove to be a hard nut to<BR>>crack. <P>I hope so. I wonder if the NSA is shaking<BR>in its boots. I have heard that they claim<BR>there is no code that they<BR>can't break simply because they<BR>can throw more computing power at<...

>What you are effectively saying is that India did not test/was unsuccessful testing a thermonuclear device. <P>Vram, Ramana,<BR>Let us take the GOI's statements at<BR>face value that thermonuclear ignition was<BR>achieved.<P>My fundamental criticism is that<BR>only one (and the GOI has stated they ...

>Based on what do some members in this forum claim that more tests are needed??<P>Primarily, the fact that it took multiple<BR>tests for all the other nuclear powers<BR>to just achieve staged themonuclear detonation (China took six tests). <P>Efficient weaponizable primaries took many more tests. In...

Shiv wrote:<BR>>Cool it folks. India does not need to test, >and will not test. What a silly trap to fall >into.<P>I believe you are wrong shiv about the need to test. There is no way one thermonuclear<BR>test is enough. Definitely india needs to<BR>test more primaries.<P>but you do make some valid ...

Sounds too good to be true. But boy, if it<BR>is, then makes my mouth water!<P>Lets see what kind of bag of goodies we need:<P>1) Remember BARC boys, don't **** it up this time. concentrate on shaped ellipsoidal primaries and peanut shaped secondaries.<BR> 3 tests at least.<BR>2) fusion (tritium) bo...

I have heard figures of India having anywhere between 1000-2000 kg of reactor grade<BR>plutonium depending on the <BR>source ( SIPRI, Janes etc) .<P>The reactor grade plutonium has a high<BR>Pu-240 content (25% or more) making it unsuitable for simple nuclear weapon designs.<BR>The high spontaneous ...

What is the CEP of the Peneng nav system<BR>for carrying out a bombing run with full<BR>3000 kg of bombs at 65,000ft?