"Of course, from a more general perspective, the Indian weapon programme has produced sufficiently good weapons -- they did go 'bang' at Pokhran II -- to provide a nuclear deterrent that only insane fools or idiots would ignore."
Pakistan on Thursday said it was "disturbed" by reports that India could be preparing for additional nuclear tests and hoped a unilateral moratorium on testing would remain in place in the region.
Russia's Ambassador to India Alexander Kadakin has said that his country's stand on American non-government agencies stalling the 1,000 megawatt Kudankulam project in Tamil Nadu has been vindicated by a statement made by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during an interview with a science magazine on Thursday.
Upset over the prolonged delay in the commissioning of the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant, Russia on Wednesday said it should "start working now" and there should be a "movement" to start the plant. "The machines have to start working now because after several weeks, you will have to spend much more time and money to maintain them. You will pay for nothing. They will be idle but you have to pay for their maintenance," Russian Ambassador to India Alexander M Kadakin said.
'Pakistan is likely supplementing or replacing its current uranium-based nuclear weapon arsenal with plutonium-based weapons which will be more destructive and deliverable,' said Institute for Science and International Security in response to a news article in Washington Post published on Pakistan's nuclear programme.
'Having spent four years in that country and been able to assess the thought process of their military up close, I am of the opinion that a reprisal is inevitable.' 'The Pak military lives in a high ego make believe world (even believing a nuclear war is fightable!) and I know they WILL respond soon enough,' says Group Captain Murli Menon (retd).
The total nuclear power generated in the country would now increase to 3310 MW.
Protestors of Koodankulam nuclear plant are evoking memories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Chernobyl disaster and the recent Fukushima tsunami to warn people, reports A Ganesh Nadar
Giving a thumbs up to the Koodankulam nuclear power project, former President A P J Abdul Kalam on Sunday said he is "fully satisfied" with the safety measures incorporated in the mega power project.
Anti- Koodankulam nuclear power project leaders held a massive protest meeting opposite the Palayamcottai bus stand in Tirunelveli. Thousands turned up to show their solidarity with this small band of determined activists. Ganesh Nadar reports.
The security of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal from a commando-style attack by jihadi terrorists operating inside Pakistan is a question which should be worrying security experts all over the world.
Experts from Atomstroyexports, the Russian firm which supplies equipment to the nuclear power plant at Koodankulam in the district, had left the site as permission was not granted to them by police to visit the area due to ongoing protest by locals against the project.
A day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told her that the stir against the Koodankulam nuclear power project would hit the state's development, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday said that her government would respect the sentiments of locals on the controversial project. "As for as the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project is concerned, the Tamil Nadu government will certainly act after respecting the local peoples' sentiments," she said.
Air Chief Marshal said his force is ready for a full spectrum operation but added that any decision on surgical strike involving the IAF has to be taken by the government.
Dismissing the recent Pentagon report that the People's Liberation Army has deployed nuclear capable missiles against India as "unfounded" and "contrary to facts", China on Wednesday said the claims were made with "ulterior motives".
India's Civil Nuclear Liability Bill will not have an immediate adverse impact on Indo-Russian cooperation in atomic power generation, but Russian contractors would not like to see safety issues raise their project costs. Director for the Centre of Energy and Security Studies and Editor-in-Chief of the Nuclear Club magazine Anton Khlopkov said the legislation passed by the Indian Parliament "is raising concerns in Russia".
The Pakistani nuclear scientist reportedly claimed he was shown the devices at a secret underground plant when he visited North Korea five years ago.
'France has been very supportive of India, particularly during the NSG negotiations,' says Ranjan Mathai, India's ambassador to France.
"Pakistan wouldn't have acquired nuclear weapons if it hadn't have been for Chinese assistance," Senator Jim Webb, said on Monday at the Council on Foreign Relations, a Washington-based think tank.
"By 2022, we plan to have 160-plus ship navy, including three aircraft carriers, 60 major combatants, including submarines and close to 400 aircraft of different types. This will be a formidable three dimensional force with satellite surveillance and networking to provide force multiplication," Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta said.
In the backdrop of nuclear radiation fears in Japan after a tsunami, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednessay discussed the need for reviewing safety mechanisms of atomic reactors of the two countries besides pushing for safety reviews of such facilities at international level.
Two young South Asian Americansan Indian American and a Pakistani Americanwho are rising stars in the United States strategic affairs community, were the featured panelists on the discussion of Nuclear Risk Reduction in South Asia after Mumbai at the 2011 Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference in Washington, DC at the Ronald Reagan Building Convention Center.
Pakistan on Monday successful test fired the short-range surface-to-surface Hatf IX missile.
A twitter handle of the Israeli army was taken over by Internet hackers, who posted a message warning that a nuclear facility in Israel has been hit by two rockets, causing a brief torrent of panic.
The much-awaited Advanced Heavy Water Reactor may be the first reactor to come up in populated areas like the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.
"Brighton will invest Rs 2,880 crore and provide direct employment to 2,500 highly-skilled personnel...and indirect employment to another 10,000. The proposed plant will be set up on 800-acres at Nakkapalli in Visakhapatnam district," Major Industries Minister Geeta Reddy said after a meeting with the company President and CEO Kit Kung.
Six months after the 1962 Chinese aggression on India, the United States had contemplated using nuclear weapons in the event of another attack from Beijing as it was determined to prevent an Indian defeat at the hands of the Communists.
The People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy, which spearheaded the movement against the Kudankulam Nuclear Plant, has strongly objected to the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is arriving in India on Monday.
Narayanan sought to allay apprehensions on threat posed by Pakistan's nuclear arsenal to India and said that the government has a contingency plan in place to deal with such a situation.
A number of secret nuclear and missile sites are being built with the help of North Korean technicians in Myanmar. A Myanmar officer quoted in a cable from the United States embassy said he had witnessed North Korean technicians helping construct an underground facility in foothills located more than 480 km north-west of Rangoon."The North Koreans, aided by Myanmar workers, are constructing a concrete-reinforced underground facility.
Hyde retired from Congress at the end of the last session and was major player and quite instrumental in steering the Henry J Hyde United States and India Nuclear Cooperation Promotion Act of 2006 through the second session of Congress in 2006.
While the international community has long suspected that the US has warheads remaining in Europe, the locations of the bombs have never been revealed -- until now.
The Netherlands, a key member of the Nuclear Suppliers' Group, has said that the export of nuclear goods for peaceful purposes to India was in conformity with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The country has also expressed its readiness to consider any proposal in this regard. However, Netherlands said that it was awaiting the finalisation of the agreement between India and the IAEA and it will formulate its final position after careful analysis of the pact.
In a significant step which will enable it to engage in international nuclear commerce, India signed the Convention on Supplementary Compensation (CSC) on Wednesday, which sets parameters on a nuclear operator's financial liability, at the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna.
Intensifying their campaign against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, activists on Wednesday sought the support of the international community for scrapping the project and making the world 'nuclear free'.
Pakistan is going ahead with the construction of its third heavy nuclear reactor at the Khushab site at a much faster pace, a Washington-based think tank has said.
India and Australia on Wednesday decided to launch negotiations for civil nuclear pact during the talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Australian counterpart Julia Gillard.
We present some images relating to the deteriorating relations between North Korea and South Korea.
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