India seriously concerned at China modernising armed forces: Antony

[tanlixiang28776]

buddy,

News flashes that Pakistan is builing more and more nukes, chinees assertiveness...
do u think our nuclear command will be quite happy withh only 110?

100 is ok for pakistan,wat about china.....?

Forgot how we conducted 1998 test with full secrecy...?

There are no secret nuclear tests unless the yield is abnormally small.
Any country with decent seismic monitoring equipment will know if another country has detonated a nuclear device. They can also know very accurately the yield of the device.

 

[tallboy123]

@tenali

Where's the source for u other thread?

 

[tanlixiang28776]

@tenali

Where's the source for u other thread?

http://www.sify.com/news/india-not-...ization-antony-news-national-lcqrEdajbbc.html

 

[Paan Singh]

@tenali

Where's the source for u other thread?

 

[tallboy123]

There are no secret nuclear tests unless the yield is abnormally small.
Any country with decent seismic monitoring equipment will know if another country has detonated a nuclear device. They can also know very accurately the yield of the device.

even i know it can be detected and also its yield..

But the preparation of the test when we were under constant check from US...
When we wanted to test it in 1995,they found it by satellite ,so it was aborted
then in 1998,we made the tests and no one spotted the preparations from sats...

 

[tanlixiang28776]

I assumed he just couldn't spell my name or something.

 

[tanlixiang28776]

even i know it can be detected and also its yield..

But the preparation of the test when we were under constant check from US...
When we wanted to test it in 1995,they found it by satellite ,so it was aborted
then in 1998,we made the tests and no one spotted the preparations from sats...

So if AMericans found it by satellite in 1995 how exactly is it a secret in 1998?

 

[tallboy123]

I assumed he just couldn't spell my name or something.

yea u r name is lil bit confusing..

 

[tallboy123]

wait a second tanli,ill give a paragraph...

here it is

After the detection of the test preparations by American satellites in 1995, it was decided that preparations for the May 1998 tests should be undertaken under a blanket of secrecy so that foreign countries will not be able to detect the preparations. Extensive planning was drawn out and executed in order to deceive intelligence agencies around the world. Even the senior most cabinet members of the Government of India did not have slightest hint of these elaborate preparations. The preparations were managed by a closed group of scientists, military officers and politicians.

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, the Scientific Adviser to the Prime Minister, and Dr. R. Chidambaram, the head of the Department of Atomic Energy, were the chief coordinators for the operation. They were assisted by the 58th Regiment of the Army Engineering Cops in preparing the test site. Scientists from the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) were involved in assembling the weapons, moving them to Pokhran, placing them into shafts in the ground and laying a network of sensors to gather data during the explosions.

The Regiment 58 Engineers had learned much since the aborted 1995 test preparations about avoiding detection by American satellites. Much work was done at night, and heavy equipment was always returned to the same parking spot at dawn so that satellite image analysts would conclude that the equipment was never moved. Piles of dug-out sand were shaped to mimic the wind shaped dune forms in the desert area. The shafts were dug under camouflage netting. When cables for sensors were laid they were carefully covered with sand, and native vegetation was replaced to conceal the digging.

The scientists involved in the operation took care to ensure that even their close friends and colleagues would not detect the work being undertaken at Pokhran. All scientists involved in the operation did not depart for Pokhran simultaneously, but left in groups of two or three. One group would use the pretext of attending a seminar or a conference, and would tell their wives that they could not be contacted while they were away. Tickets were bought for a destination other than Pokhran (or cities nearby) under pseudonyms, and after arriving at their destination, the group would secretly leave for the military base in Jaisalmer from where they would be taken by the army to Pokhran. After finishing their work the group would return, retracing their path. Then another group would leave for the range employing similar means to do their work. In this way, information about the test was kept tightly under wraps. All technical staff at the range wore military fatigues, so that in satellite images they would appear to be military personnel maintaining the test range.

On the diplomatic front, India adopted a policy of ambiguity about deciding to go nuclear. Statements by Indian politicians and diplomats gave an impression to the world that India was not yet decided about its nuclear status. Deliberate steps were taken to ensure that the world community would not take the BJP's campaign promises seriously. In separate meetings with American officials, then Foreign secretary K.Raghunath and Defence Minister George Fernandes stated that India had not yet decided about going nuclear and they also conveyed to the officials that the National Security Council would be meeting soon to discuss the matter and decide about the nuclear option. The council was to meet on the 26th of May. Both the Indian officials had categorically told the Americans that "there would be no surprise testings". All this led the Americans and the world community to believe that India was not going to pursue the nuclear option in the near future. They did not take the BJP's campaign promises seriously and hence did not expect an Indian nuclear test so soon.

 

[tanlixiang28776]

yea u r name is lil bit confusing..

Ever heard of copy and paste?

 

[Paan Singh]

I assumed he just couldn't spell my name or something.

no,
actually there is cartoon character named as tenali raman

 

[tanlixiang28776]

no,
actually there is cartoon character named as tenali raman

Hilarious, My A** just detached from my body due to excessive laughter.

 

[tallboy123]

Hilarious, My A** just detached from my body due to excessive laughter.

call a doc soon,he'll fix it...
just kiddin

 

[Pakchina]

Yeah you should modernize India. Continue procuring and stockpilling US and Israeli weaponry and continue pouring billion of dollars to the US, EU and Israel. All these are good for China in keeping India lagging well below China in Economic development.

 

[Paan Singh]

Yeah you should modernize India. Continue procuring and stockpilling US and Israeli weaponry and continue pouring billion of dollars to the US, EU and Israel. All these are good for China in keeping India lagging well below China in Economic development.

even after spending billions on weapons,india is growing at good pace...
so u can continue with ur job