if we hadbeen far behind Sameer , do u think that US would have ever approached India for a nuclear !!!! US was so desparate only because our proliferation rate is Higher than any other country, we do have all the technology but we lack the major Raw materials like Uranium and plutonium. Though we have Thorium and radium but they r not enough and potent as Uranium.... enjoy buddy we r not as Backward as u r thinking.