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India May already have Operational Tactical Nukes

Usually IA is very vocal about their capabilities, if they have it they would have announced. My two cents.


when it comes to the things to be kept secret,Indian Organizations are secret indeed.
For example no one knew About Arihant or the k series missile or prahar
 
No need to :taz: .

If a very low-yield is obtained during a test, it is also possible that it was a fizzle.
A tactical nuke must also have very low weight (<100 kg, just an estimate). Check out the weight of those devices, I don't remember exactly, but I think it was around 1000 kgs.

None of the devices tested during Shakti 1998 tests were above 100kg.
The most important device weighed about 60-70Kg and had the yield of 40Kt.
However the one of the device which stands out in particular was a kiloton BF device which used reactor grade plutonium.
 
I'd say that Pakistanis and Indians are both bluffing with their claims about having developed tactical nuclear weapons.

India has released an image of one of these shots showing a surface crater in a sand dune. The dune crater, judging by the sand bags in the image is quite small, perhaps 3.5-4 meters from rim to rim. The yield for producing this feature could be anything from a few hundred kg of explosive yield upwards, depending on the depth of burial and the mechanism by which the surface crater was formed.

In addition to this photographic evidence, BARC has published purported sample radiation measurements from all three sub-kiloton [Attarde et al 1999] test sites . Given the brevity of this article, and the lack of any substantive analysis, the apparent sole reason for this article's publication was to provide proof that they did actually occur. Accepting this evidence as genuine, at this writing no explanation of the anomaly of non-detection is at hand. BARC does not appear to have offered an explanation for this mystery. One possible resolution of this question is to postulate that Shakti IV-V were fired at the same time as the other Shakti shots. This contradicts all reports emanating from India however.


The consensus among outside seismic experts is that the yields of most Indian tests are overstated (particularly Pokhran-I or "Smiling Buddha" and Shakti-I), and that the very existence of Shakti IV-V is in question. Interestingly, the case with the Pakistani tests (conducted in a far different geological environment) is similar - claimed yields do not match the seismic evidence. No well-founded explanation is available for such a consistent pattern of deception by both India and Pakistan.
What Are the Real Yields of India's Tests?
 
Tactical nukes are useful at sea. To destroy incoming fleet and and AC's at once.
 
Using smaller nukes to kill enemy formations would lead to an apocalypse.

I for one would like to delay the apocalypse.

Peace is way better.
 
I'd say that Pakistanis and Indians are both bluffing with their claims about having developed tactical nuclear weapons.

...and I would say the west is trying to discredit India's achievement and provide justification of keeping India out of the Nuclear club.

You choose to believe white Europeans ...we choose to believe brown Indians. :disagree:
 
I'd say that Pakistanis and Indians are both bluffing with their claims about having developed tactical nuclear weapons.


What Are the Real Yields of India's Tests?

Haven't you figured out yet that S.Asia does not trust the West enough to let them know about it's nukes? Especially more so since we believe that the non proliferation treaty is one that is hopelessly flawed.

I'd say that Pakistanis and Indians are both bluffing with their claims about having developed tactical nuclear weapons.


What Are the Real Yields of India's Tests?

Haven't you figured out yet that S.Asia does not trust the West enough to let them know about it's nukes? Especially more so since we believe that the non proliferation treaty is one that is hopelessly flawed.
 

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