[quote name='Bharat_2009' date='29 April 2012 - 06:47 AM' timestamp='1335661741' post='114751']
Old 2009 interview but still lot of interesting details.
Devil's Advocate with the former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Dr Anil Kakodkar. Lot of interesting details
He sounds very confident on TN.
[size="6"][size="4"]India has thermonuclear bombs: Kakodkar[/size][/size]
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/use-plural-in...038-3.html
So, it was an H-Bomb after all
http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/jul/27bomb1.htm
[/quote]
Well the trouble with "all is well concept" as deterrence isn't whether we have a good design. It's two fold, the deterrence is what the enemy feels is unacceptable damage and the utilization of nuclear material and the quantity of nuclear warheads. BK is of the view that both boosted fission and thermonuclear devices did not work as expected. So we must test again.
OperatingSystem man.
Old 2009 interview but still lot of interesting details.
Devil's Advocate with the former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Dr Anil Kakodkar. Lot of interesting details
He sounds very confident on TN.
[size="6"][size="4"]India has thermonuclear bombs: Kakodkar[/size][/size]
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/use-plural-in...038-3.html
So, it was an H-Bomb after all
http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/jul/27bomb1.htm
[/quote]
Well the trouble with "all is well concept" as deterrence isn't whether we have a good design. It's two fold, the deterrence is what the enemy feels is unacceptable damage and the utilization of nuclear material and the quantity of nuclear warheads. BK is of the view that both boosted fission and thermonuclear devices did not work as expected. So we must test again.
OperatingSystem man.