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Strategies & Market Trends : India Coffee House
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To: Cynic 2005 who wrote (5905)8/26/1999 2:50:00 PM
From: sea_biscuit  Read Replies (1) of 12475
 
Reject nuclear doctrine: expert

The controversial draft Indian nuclear doctrine threatens
the survival of the South Asian population, according to
noted nuclear scientist M V Ramana.

'The calls for punitive retaliation and the use of sufficient nuclear weapons
(in the doctrine) would, if implemented, lead to largescale destruction and
deaths among civilians,' says Dr Ramana.

Dr Ramana has studied the effects of nuclear explosions, the history of the
Indian nuclear and ballistic missile programmes, the environmental effects
of nuclear weapons testing and global nuclear disarmament issues. He has
also held research appointments in the United States and Canada after
getting his Ph D in physics from Boston University.

No disaster control system is capable of handling the aftermath of a nuclear
war, according to the expert who briefed the media yesterday before giving
a lecture organised by the Movement in India for Nuclear Disarmament.

There are a number of reasons why an explosion over a South Asian city
would be much more disastrous than the weapons dropped by the US over
Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the Second World War.

These include larger population densities and the presence of several petrol
pumps and industries in the cities. While the petrol stations would explode,
damage to industries dealing in chemicals would result in the emission of
toxic gases as in the case of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, he said.

Rejecting the theory of having nuclear weapons as a deterrent, he said the
Kargil crisis has demonstrated that such steps do not prevent a war.

UNI
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