RE:does anybody has answers for these questions?
by Lavneet Singh on Jul 10, 2008 11:07 AM
A1. Yes we can test nuclear bombs if the security of the country demands so. A2. After the test, the things will depend on how other nations would take our test. If they understand that it was geniune compulsion due to India's security scenario in neighborhood became worse, the deal would continue. Otherwise, the deal is broken. All this would depend on how good India is in diplomacy. My understanding is that even if India tests, it would be in US (and other countries interest) to continue nuclear business with India (it involves billions of dollars!). Hence India can escape from the blame of being un-reliable nation. Without deal also, we've self-imposed ban on nuclear tests. Backtracking from our own words, in my opinion, is as bad as back tracking from the expectations of a deal. A3. Reprocessing is allowed of the spent fuel. This reprocessed material, however, cannot be used for making bombs. A4. All nuclear reactors are guaranteed life-time supply in reserves even if the nuclear deal is broken. The broken deal will affect only new reactors. India has right to collect strategic reserve of the fuels for existing reactors. It is a learning from Tarapur nuclear reactor incedence. Good that India did not compromise on this. A5. Yes. No one is stopping us! A6. Every policy is interlinked. Recent eurocopter, 126-fighter jets deal is example where french and us presidents personally took interest. 'Independent foreign policy' is a misonomer, looks politically good.
