India cannot be said to have a minimum nuclear detrrent without missile delivery systems that are intercontinental reach (ICBMs)and can carry multiple warheads. China has them and also it is not impossible that US and UK can intervene in India with ground troops should Taliban be not contained and it spreads eastward into Pakistan and even into India via Kashmir. In fact evidence from media suggets that this has already occurred. As for not wanting weapons and only money to fight poverty, do we want to compromise India's hard won freedom? Economy and military might including of course nuclear offensive capability go hand in glove. So let us we Indians not be complacent and only think that economis might is the sole are main answer to be powerful. Take a look Japan, since their military is weak, China with its nuclear combined with developing economic might can overrun Japan. The US must amend the Hyde act and make an exception to accommodate India's demands. Jai Hind.
