continued from my previous comment...The people quit BARC due to lack of challenge and hindrence to serious indigenous research work and politics to the level of corruption. How can right wing people can be so assured about Indias fledgling nuclear ability when after developing rockets to send sattelites India still cannot produce a cruise missile. India is abandoning Akash, Nag and Trishul projects. Prithvi is effective only with a big payload due to its inaccuracy of hitting the target and Agni was a technology demonstrator by officials. In the west missile was developed first, that technology was extended to send rockets in the space. Anyway Indias uranium technology could be good enough for making bombs only because, there is no need to control the radiation and the chain reaction for a nuclear explosion but civilian nuclear power is a different story. I don't think (by the prevailing statistics and R&D of government laboratories) India will be able to master the thorium technology in next 50 years. Also don't forget India's corrupt politicians and burocrats like India to rely on foreign technology for the kick-backs from defence deals. Only gain could be acceptance in the west
