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To: LoLoLoLita who wrote (719)	5/26/1998 4:00:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12475

Need more tests. David, Here is something I found. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Source: Hindustan Times. [for private use only] ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ India needs 4 more nuclear tests, says Russian expert MOSCOW, May 25 (IANS) Despite the Indian Government's statement that there would be no more nuclear tests, Russian scientists persist with their assertion that the country needs to conduct some more tests to possess weapons capability. According to the Moscow newspaper "Kommersant Daily", Russian scientists have expressed doubt that India would stop after the fifth test if it wants to acquire weapons capability. A Russian defence expert said to be closely acquainted with India's nuclear programme told the paper that contrary to the Indian statement, the country has to conduct four more tests to achieve the desired goal of developing nuclear weapons. "Indians usually use three types of nuclear equipments", the defence expert was quoted as saying. "According to Russian normatives, four to five tests are required in order to test each of the equipments. If Indians are guided by such normatives, in that case India would have to carry out 12 to 15 tests", said the expert, who was not identified by the paper. "However, our normatives always keep particular amount of safety reserves and Indians have achieved significant success in computer modelling", the expert said. "Taking this into account, three tests may be enough for them for testing each of the equipments. That is why Indians should have a total of nine tests for the successful conclusion of the experiment." "If India has already conducted five tests, it should have minimum of four more tests for achieving the desired goal," the defence expert reiterated. Asked to comment on the report, a senior diplomat from Indian Embassy here said, "Russian experts don't know that our scientists have achieved further progress in the area." Meanwhile, the Press in this country is rife with speculation that the Russian Government had prior knowledge of India's nuclear tests on May 11 and 13. Yuri Kobaladge, Director of the Press Department of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia, was quoted by the local Press as saying that the tests did not come as a surprise for Russia's Intelligence Agency. However, when asked if President Boris Yeltsin knew the exact day and hour scheduled for the Indian tests, Kobaladge was evasive. "I can say neither 'yes' nor 'no'," he said. But an official statement issued later by the Russian Intelligence Service claims that it did not have prior information about the tests. One Moscow newspaper says it is intrigued by the fact that "India until recently was considered to be a 'transparent' country for Russian Intelligence Service people and a good number of Indologists are working in the country's Foreign Intelligence Service, including its chief who had served in New Delhi for a number of years." "More than that, the Indian nuclear programme began and developed not without the participation of Russia. Though ties between Moscow and New Delhi are not as close as they used to be during the years of Indira Gandhi and Leonid Brezhnev, both countries still consider each other as strategic partners", it said. "If friends do not keep us informed, but create an unpleasant situation, then what kind of friends are they?" it asked.