Aug. 27: Leading nuclear scientist and former chief of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Trombay, A.N. Prasad has said that for all practical purposes India had given up the option of further nuclear tests.
"The signing of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) has become a mere formality and a question of time," he said. "By signing the nuclear deal with the US, our government has squandered the country’s sovereignty to test nuclear weapons."
He said that there was nothing surprising in the comment made by Dr K. Santhanam, former chief of Defence Research and Development Organisation, that the 1998 nuclear tests at Pokhran did not yield the desired fire power.
"You cannot simply tell the world that you have learnt everything with just one or two nuclear tests," Dr Prasad said. "All nuclear weapon states have done a series of tests to arrive at a stage of advanced capability. We are mere beginners when compared to them."
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