02-28-2004, 11:08 AM
This (the presence of plutonium in the air samples) was extensively discussed in BR after POK II. It was assumed at that time by BRites that the design that was tested at Chagai was not a uranium enriched bomb but a chinese supplied design. For plausibility they can say that the design was supplied by NKorea. But the diffference between NKorean designs and Chinese designs is the difference between tweedledum and tweedledee.
The US has consistently downplayed the traces of Pu in Chagai, knowing fully well that an admission of its veracity would be equivalent to pointing the finger at China and expose TSP as a proliferator. Such a stance would go against their overall policy of equating India and Pakist an. There is no question that there is a strong pro-PaKI Lobby in the US state department that would stoop to any level to protect their beloved PAKISTAN.
The US has consistently downplayed the traces of Pu in Chagai, knowing fully well that an admission of its veracity would be equivalent to pointing the finger at China and expose TSP as a proliferator. Such a stance would go against their overall policy of equating India and Pakist an. There is no question that there is a strong pro-PaKI Lobby in the US state department that would stoop to any level to protect their beloved PAKISTAN.