08-28-2007, 09:47 PM
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August 28, 2007
By Press Trust of India
Bangalore: The threat of terrorists carrying out small-scale nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) strikes in India is "imminent," a top defence scientist has warned while asserting that the country was fully prepared to meet such eventualities.
Mr W Selvamurthy, chief controller of research of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), said: "The threat is imminent." <b>But he hastened to add that the country is well prepared to face any NBC scenario</b>. <!--emo&
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Asked how serious the threat perception is, he told PTI here:<b> "The threat perception is certainly very imminent. The country must be prepared because it need not only come from state-sponsored terrorism. It could be some group." </b>Mr Selvamurthy, who heads the life sciences group in DRDO, said a NBC incident even on a small scale could create "such a panic" that the whole country would be disturbed. But he categorically said that, as a scientist involved in creating technologies to manage such a scenario, "the country is fairly well prepared in terms of mechanisms and technologies" to deal with such situations. Mr Selvamurthy said weapons of mass destruction had become a threat at the global level. "(India) needs to be prepared for the simple reason that many countries have stockpiles of (weapons of mass destruction) and the capability to make these weapons and deliver them to distant targets," he said. "Terrorism is also a threat. Who could use them (WMDs) as softer or easy option. NBC as a weapon. It's another possibility...terrorists can use." To face any NBC threat, the DRDO has developed technologies for early detection, personal and collective protection, decontamination and medical management, Mr Selvamurthy said.
Source:
http://www.thestatesman.orgpage.news.php?i...ess=1&id=167749
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August 28, 2007
By Press Trust of India
Bangalore: The threat of terrorists carrying out small-scale nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) strikes in India is "imminent," a top defence scientist has warned while asserting that the country was fully prepared to meet such eventualities.
Mr W Selvamurthy, chief controller of research of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), said: "The threat is imminent." <b>But he hastened to add that the country is well prepared to face any NBC scenario</b>. <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> Asked how serious the threat perception is, he told PTI here:<b> "The threat perception is certainly very imminent. The country must be prepared because it need not only come from state-sponsored terrorism. It could be some group." </b>Mr Selvamurthy, who heads the life sciences group in DRDO, said a NBC incident even on a small scale could create "such a panic" that the whole country would be disturbed. But he categorically said that, as a scientist involved in creating technologies to manage such a scenario, "the country is fairly well prepared in terms of mechanisms and technologies" to deal with such situations. Mr Selvamurthy said weapons of mass destruction had become a threat at the global level. "(India) needs to be prepared for the simple reason that many countries have stockpiles of (weapons of mass destruction) and the capability to make these weapons and deliver them to distant targets," he said. "Terrorism is also a threat. Who could use them (WMDs) as softer or easy option. NBC as a weapon. It's another possibility...terrorists can use." To face any NBC threat, the DRDO has developed technologies for early detection, personal and collective protection, decontamination and medical management, Mr Selvamurthy said.
Source:
http://www.thestatesman.orgpage.news.php?i...ess=1&id=167749
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