India tested two times. Both times we attracted trade and nuclear sanctions. Pokhran II test under NDA regime also prompted the US to constitute the NSG - curbing our right to nuclear trade. As a result for want of spares and fuel, our capacity utilization of reactors started declining.
If we test now, sanctions will hit India's growth story which has already taken some blows due to global inflation. Unlike previous times, the deal permits us to test if other countries test.
There is also an unofficial ban on nuclear testing. This is why no country has tested a nuclear device for decades.
All countries instead opt for computer simulation using past test results. This is also why Pokhran II was not confined to a single test but involved a series of 5. Once that was achieved, Vajpayeee in 1999 and Jaswant Singh assured the world on the floor of the UN that India will unilaterally and permanently cease to test nuclear devices.
RE:BJP's Hypocrisy
by All Right on Jul 19, 2008 01:45 PM Permalink
MY CLONE:
Pokhran II didn't happen in 1975 -- which is when NSG was constituted..... but your research on this front is as erratic as all other "facts " you are spreading on this forum... . . ;-)
The deal DOES NOT permit us to test under any condition..... so don't spread that myth on the forum either.... :-)
There is NO UNOFFICIAL BAN ON NUCLEAR TESTING... this is another one of your imaginary "facts" to appear on this forum... ;-)
Finally Jaswant and Vajpayee did NOT assure the world that India will unilaterally and permanently cease to test nuclear devices.... another one of your "facts".... ever heard of a term "voluntary moratorium"?.... there is nothing "unilateral" nor "permanent" about it...
So stop spreading your myths on this forum..... better enter a story telling competition... you might get this year's Bookers prize for fiction...
