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To: Mohan Marette who wrote (670)	5/18/1998 5:32:00 PM
From: LoLoLoLita	Respond to of 12475

Mohan, If they can fit their H bomb into a one-ton package delivered by a missile, they're doing very well indeed. But I'd be very surprised. It's more likely that they're weaponizing the 12-kiloton device for the missile warhead, and would make the "H bomb" into a gravity bomb. It took the U.S. and Soviet Union quite a number of nuclear tests spanning several years before they were able to have multi-stage thermonuclear weapons deliverable via ballistic missile. In any event, computer simulations are helpful, but there is no substitute for at least partial-yield (i.e., sub-kiloton) testing of any finalized weapon system that incorporates all the bells and whistles, locks and keys, etc. Despite all the many tests and detailed computer codes available to the U.S. I'm quite far from alone in thinking that it would be impossible for the U.S. to develop a wholly new nuclear weapon and place it in the hands of the military without a nuclear test. There may be some in the U.S. nuclear weapons design establishment (i.e., the DOE national labs) who would like to see such a thing, but if the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) doesn't accept it, they have no customer for the product. The military tends to be very cautious in these matters, demanding test results. And there is an inevitable balancing of interests because U.S. nuclear weapons are designed and manufactured by the civilian DOE, while they are deployed by the military DoD. One fear of the military in deploying any new weapon is that if it turns out to be a dud, they would have been better off without it. What this means for India is that they will probably need to conduct more tests after the thermonuclear device is fully weaponized, but these may not need to be conducted at full yield. David

To: Mohan Marette who wrote (670)	5/18/1998 5:37:00 PM
From: Rational	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

India Indian Express, Tuesday, May 19, 1998 India hints at strong retaliatory action against Pakistan to deal with proxy war in Kashmir NEW DELHI: India today asked Pakistan to "roll back its anti-India policy" and hinted at strong retaliatory action to effectively deal with the "proxy war in Kashmir by a hostile neighbour". "Islamabad should realise the change in the geo-strategic situation in the region and the world, roll back its anti-India policy especially with regard to Kashmir, and join India in the common pursuit of peace and prosperity in the Indian subcontinent. Any other course will be futile and costly for Pakistan," home minister L.K. Advani warned Islamabad at a press conference after a high-level meeting on Kashmir. PTI report. Advani said the meeting appointed a task force headed by special secretary (J and K) and comprising officials of army, state police and paramilitary forces, to deal with the three-fold objective of dealing effectively with the proxy war by a hostile neighbour, development activities in the state and rehabilitation of kashmiri migrants. Replying to questions, Advani said the task force would "work out a pro-active instead of a reactive policy" on dealing with the "proxy war let loose by Pakistan through mercenaries and assisting terrorists in other parts of India." The high-level meeting, called for an in-depth review and preparing an action plan on Kashmir, was attended among others by defence minister George Fernandes, state Governor G.C. Saxena and chief minister Farooq Abdullah and Chief of Army Staff Gen Ved Prakash Malik besides top officials of Prime Minister's office and ministries of home and defence.