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2007-08-21 India-Pakistan

Pakistan warns India against nuclear tests

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Posted by Steve White 2007-08-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Wonder if India is cooking up a layer cake and needs to test for doneness.

Posted by Thomas Woof 2007-08-21 05:55|| 2007-08-21 05:55|| Front Page Top

#2 India isn't about to resume testing.

The statements made in their parliament were in response to opposition criticism. All Manmohan Singh said was that their voluntary moratorium on testing was still in effect but they reserved the right to test again. The 123 agreement signed with the US made no mention of testing.

One of the motives behind the Chinese proliferation of nuclear weapons is to tie down and hopefully disarm regional rivals.
Thus North Korea gets the bomb, China organizes a big conference where the entire Korean peninsula and hopefully East Asia is denuclearized. So no bombs for South Korea, or Japan.
China gets to keep theirs however.

Pakistan got the bomb for the same reason. India's hands get tied and China can push for "South Asian" disarmament.

Posted by john frum 2007-08-21 08:05|| 2007-08-21 08:05|| Front Page Top

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