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To: kumar who wrote (217647)	2/11/2007 9:22:20 AM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

no gift - India developed their technology whilst under US sanctions. they may b=have paid more than mkt value - I do not know. What you seem to suggest is that India gains nothing from having a deal. I don't think the Indians are that stupid. Northe Korea (from what I read in news) got its tech from Pakistan. No country has claimed to get its nuke tech from India (or Israel for that matter). No country volunteers any illegal [or inappropriate] sales/purchasing of NW technologies. It's whether they get caught. therefore NPT is a waste. That's an absolutist's judgment. All or nothing. There was never a strategic arms agreement with the Soviet Union that abolished nuclear weapons. It doesn't follow that they were a waste. The very first SALT only hoped to slow down the insane arms race. Post missile Cuban Crisis, the hotline didn't eliminate the possibility of a nuclear exchange, it provided a mechanism in which the Soviets and US could communicate and avoid a nuclear exchange rather than play "chicken" like a couple of high school children. There's a bilateral agreement between the US and Russia to notify each other of a missile test. Which is a bit better than having NORAD guess whether it's real or not. An absolutist could claim that Russia would announce a "test" that was a real launch. When the trajectory isn't what the Russians said, they might claim it's a guidance failure, not to worry, it's only a test. The absolutist would argue those measure are all a waste. jttmab

To: kumar who wrote (217647)	2/11/2007 9:28:27 AM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

P.S. There was someone on this thread [I don't recall and don't care who it was.] who recently said that the US developed nuclear weapons and everyone else stole it from the US. In other words, India is too stupid to develop nuclear technology on its own. But that's their view FWIW. jttmab