Is India Building Thermonuclear Weapons?

[gslv mk3]

There can be one conclusion. The test was unsuccessful,

Maybe thats why we are designing new RVs for carrying thermonuclear warheads .Shut up Chini troll

 

[IndoUS]

Maybe thats why we are designing new RVs for carrying thermonuclear warheads .Shut up Chini troll

Well considering India is moving on towards integrating the Agni 5 and maybe 3 with the MIRV tech means we have successfully learned to miniaturize the warheads.

 

[Jlaw]

Maybe thats why we are designing new RVs for carrying thermonuclear warheads .Shut up Chini troll

I've listed five points direct from the interview you posted as I think, and most intelligent Indians would agree that this scientist is lying. You on the other hand have nothing constructive to say.

 

[gslv mk3]

I've listed six points direct from the interview as I think, and most intelligent Indians would agree that this scientist is lying. You on the other hand have nothing constructive to say.

Sorry to disappoint you,We would rather believe our scientists.

 

[Jlaw]

Sorry to disappoint you,We would rather believe our scientists.

I quoted your scientist from the post you posted. Did you even read your own post?

 

[gslv mk3]

I quoted your scientist from the post you posted. Did you even read your own post?

Karan Thapar: I want to pick up on that last point that you have just made. Given that doubts continue and given that there are going to be no further tests and you are not saying that there is any need for further tests - can you say India has a credible thermonuclear bomb?

Anil Kakodkar: Of course.

Karan Thapar: So you are saying to me that we have thermonuclear bombs--in the plural?

Anil Kakodkar: Yes.

 

[Jlaw]

It's a long interview so I don't think you read the whole thing. Let me break it down for you.

1) Anil said during the test, seismic equipment was not working properly so the results were not accurate.
-an important test like this and no one tests and calibrate equipment to see if it's working properly. Does that make any sense?
2) Anil said there are six methods to test the explosion, but yet the data are different and not corraborating. This is not scientific, maybe it is in India but it does not meet world standard.
3) US have experience in picking up this seismic explosion around the world and can calculate the size of the bomb based on the explosion. They have experience with this and you and Anil dismiss it as not accurate.
4) Anil kept on belittling the other Indian scientist because the other scientist said the the test failed.
5) Most important of all. The reporter asked Anil if he and other Indian scientists should investigate and corraborate their findings to see where the differences can come from, but he said "NO need".. WTF? Is this scientific? Corroborating data is a must in the science field and he doesn't want to get to the bottom of this? It is clearly showing he is afraid that his colleague is right and DRDO and him will lose all credibility.

 

[gslv mk3]

It's a long interview so I don't think you read the whole thing. Let me break it down for you.

1) Anil said during the test, seismic equipment was not working properly so the results were not accurate.
-an important test like this and no one tests and calibrate equipment to see if it's working properly. Does that make any sense?
2) Anil said there are six methods to test the explosion, but yet the data are different and not corraborating. This is not scientific, maybe it is in India but it does not meet world standard.

Karan Thapar:And all these five or six different ways of measuring the yield have come to the conclusion that the yield was 45 kilotonnes for the thermonuclear device?

Anil Kakodkar:That's right.

4) Anil kept on belittling the other Indian scientist because the other scientist said the the test failed.

Karan Thapar:You are making two important points. One you are saying that the DRDO and Dr Santhanam did not know everything - the fact that he was DRDO team leader does not mean that he knew everything that was happening.

Anil Kakodkar: He knew everything within his realm of responsibility.

Karan Thapar:Everything that he needed to know but not more?

Anil Kakodkar: That's right.

5) Most important of all. The reporter asked Anil if he and other Indian scientists should investigate and corraborate their findings to see where the differences can come from, but he said "NO need".. WTF? Is this scientific? Corroborating data is a must in the science field and he doesn't want to get to the bottom of this?

[QUOTEKaran Thapar:Let me put it like this: you may not be hiding facts as Dr Santhanam alleges but a controversy has arisen and it grows and it won't disappear. Many people believe that the only way to resolve this issue is to now organise a peer group of scientists to review the results of the 1998 thermonuclear tests. Would you agree?

Anil Kakodkar: Well, let me first repeat what I said earlier. There are methods through which one has assessed the test results. Each one of them is a specialisation in itself and there are different groups, not just individuals but groups, which have looked at these. The fact is that this is also on a need-to-know basis. Now, if all of them come to conclusions which are by and large similar, what other things can you do in terms of forming a peer group of scientists?][/QUOTE]

It is clearly showing he is afraid that his colleague is right and DRDO and him will lose all credibility.

He is from DAE not DRDO.

 

[HariPrasad]

Basically imagination. No such method or even a theory exist which can realize cold fusion.

There are facilities to isolate tritium or lithium isotopes. It is a myth however that most energy in a thermonuclear bomb comes from fusion.

You seem to be overdrunked.

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

Nobody knows the real truth about any nation's nuclear arsenal, these are state secrets.

It would be ridiculous though, if India did not develop thermonuclear weapons before agreeing to stop testing. Things like that must be tested, multiple times at least.

 

[Kloitra]

You seem to be overdrunked.

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You can discredit me point by point!
Would you show me any credible theory/result on cold fusion, or argue on fraction of energy released by fusion in TN bomb?

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My mistake about TN bomb, I am not so sure anymore. I remembered only one design, where the fusion neutrons are used to ignite a tertiary stage of fission, releasing most of the energy. Generally energy released per fusion is lot less than u-235 fission, though it balances out when comparing mass. I am sketchy on whether the fusion stage itself can release sufficient energy without the third tertiary stage? I do remember that fusion is used in between primary and tertiary stage of fusion busted bombs, but forgot how they differ from what we call fusion bombs. May be you can clarify.
I am certain though that there is no credible result, experimental or theoretical on cold fusion.

 

[HariPrasad]

am certain though that there is no credible result, experimental or theoretical on cold fusion.

835112, member: 142309"]where the fusion neutrons are used to ignite a tertiary stage of fission,[/quote]


You are saying exactly opposite. Actually neutrons are used for fission. High temperature is used for fusion of hydrogen isotopes.

This is in experimental stage. India, Russia and US has made a claim that they have discover the laser which can ignite the fission.

INERTIAL-CONFINEMENT FUSION: 2014 laser fusion budgets: Rochester going up, Livermore down - Laser Focus World

List of fusion experiments - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Kloitra]

You are saying exactly opposite. Actually neutrons are used for fission. High temperature is used for fusion of hydrogen isotopes.

This is in experimental stage. India, Russia and US has made a claim that they have discover the laser which can ignite the fission.

INERTIAL-CONFINEMENT FUSION: 2014 laser fusion budgets: Rochester going up, Livermore down - Laser Focus World

List of fusion experiments - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Inertial confinement is not cold fusion. You use laser to heat the target. Cold fusion means fusion at room or near room temperature, which hasn't been theorized yet.

May be I wasn't clear, neutron released by fusion ignite the 3rd stage, fission. A highly efficient process.

 

[HariPrasad]

Than what is your definaion of cold fusion???

Actual fussion takes place at very very high temperature measured in lakhs centigrade. Fusion taking place at some thousand degrees is cold.

 

[Kloitra]

Than what is your definaion of cold fusion???

Actual fussion takes place at very very high temperature measured in lakhs centigrade. Fusion taking place at some thousand degrees is cold.

In inertial confinement the target temperature is raised to equivalent of millions of degrees. You need the required energy (few MeV) to start fusion and it is equivalent of millions of degrees.