Nobody can stop us to do a nuclear test and it may not be written in the terms & condition of the deal .
But
It is hundred percent sure that international community will voice against India, if we ever do a nuclear test. In those circumstances, if US and other countries decide to stop the uranium supplies to India , after investing billions of rupees in reactors ... then ???
So , can we do the nuclear test without any trouble and what will happen to the billions of rupees investment ?
The real question is whether we need to depend on other countries for nuclear fuel. If we made the investment, there is no chance of looking back & the risk of conducting a nuclear test will be infinite.
Another fact is how to handle the nuclear waste. I've seen many comments that nuclear energy is clean, pollution free, cheap etc. Have we ever thought of disposing these nuclear waste ? Nuclear waste are dangerous for ten to thousands of years (depending on its half life period). Keeping / disposing them safely is also a tremendous task. And nobody seems to be bothered about it.
So a good risk assessment is to be done before signing the deal and making the investment. The team must include scientist, media persons, environmentalists and no need to say , our beloved politicians.
And finally, how many states / districts / municipality will allow these reactors to be constructed / waste disposal in their locality. Think abt. Singur , Nandigram and other SEZ.
RE:Deal or No Deal
by Sudip Bhattacharjee on Jul 03, 2008 04:22 AM Permalink
I believe the necessity of conducting nuclear test will be eliminated in future due to the changes in geo-political happening around the subcontinent. Pakistan will slowly try to settle down and they wold be more focused on development than using nuclear bomb against India. China will not risk bombing India with nuclear weapon for any good reason. It is unthinkable that a country will be so foolish in the 21st century that it will use nuclear weapon against another country. That possibility is simply non-existent. Those who are showing the necessity of conducting nuclear test in future and hence opposing the deal are showing poor political judgment and their views based on more ideological inferences than reality.
RE:Deal or No Deal
by hotajiva on Jul 03, 2008 09:30 AM Permalink
If the world has stakes in business in china, then china will just nuke india and yet world will continue doing what it is doing, albeit some noises from ngo, activist groups. China is not iraq. US and europe will suffer from massive inflation if they place trade barriers to china. Western companies will try to keep business as usual. Except for yearly candle light walk no one is going to shed a tear about nuking india.
My and your kidneys will be on sale in china, after that
RE:Deal or No Deal
by cynic on Jul 03, 2008 10:24 AM Permalink
In any case China will crush us if they *decide* to nuke India. We have nothing to match them. At the best we can nuke some of their cities, and their GDP will go down by 10% max. Being a communist government, they will decide sacrificing 10% of GDP and some 5% of their population is a small price to pay(they killed their own citizens in Tiananmen) for the total and complete annihilation of India. But their growth will go on. So why test at all following your logic. What is the point of having weapons at all to counter China.
