This Article goes into how this deal was drafted and explains the mindset of people involved in the negotiations. As the word NEGOTIATION means, both the parties have to compromise on SOME of the issues and hope to get the REST. After reading the 123 & IAEA Agreements, I found only one Clause to be somewhat objectionable and I could not get a satisfactory answer from people on the forums. To my surprise even this article does not address that and it is:
Clause 10 of the IAEA agreement states, “Nothing in this Agreement shall affect other rights and obligations of India under international law.”
Since India is not a signatory to NPT & CTBT, it has no rights but how about its obligations under them. Not signing may not remove India’s obligations if it is a LAW.
NPT does not recognize India as a nuclear weapon state, thus what will happen if India were to test a bomb. Before India was not a signatory to any agreement so it had no accepted obligations. Today India would be a signatory to this IAEA Agreement so it could have obligations. This is MY ONLY CONCERN and officials could look into this if warranted.
India is an unrecognized (recognized) responsible nuclear state and therefore I do not feel that there would be any repercussions if India were to test a bomb. This is my BELIEF (Gut feeling) and feel that India should go ahead. Furthermore, US has too many Indian Americans who could play a vital role in framing any future US policy t
