nuclear weapons and military might.
After having said this, naturally, I have to link it to the recent nuclear tests that we had conducted ... because in the last debate I had already spoken about the nuclear tests.
I only like to know how the Government so far has handled
Minister in the House on 27th May,1998 on the recent nuclear tests in Pokhran raised by
Shri Indrajit Gupta on the 27th ... China has accused that Indian tests were a brazen contempt for world efforts at test ban, that the tests were aimed at hegemony in South
carried out three underground nuclear tests. Two more underground tests on 13 May completed the planned series of tests. I would like this House ... negotiations for prohibition and elimination of nuclear weapons and in the interim, a standstill agreement to halt nuclear testing. This call was not heeded
written an excellent, a very comprehensive book on India’s nuclear policy and nuclear doctrine. His name is Ashley Tellis. I am not going ... Congress made it quite clear that if India were to test a nuclear weapon, American cooperation with India would cease. If you are giving India
nuclear States. The 5 nuclear States perpetuated their nuclear power and I dare say that after 1967 till 1995, 35,000 nuclear tests were conducted ... world that we were not going nuclear because they were referred to as ‘nuclear tests for peaceful purposes.’ If you remember, those were the very
Prime Minister in the House on 27.5.98 on the recent nuclear tests in Pokhran. (Not Concluded)
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MR. SPEAKER: Hon. Members, the discussion ... think our country, our Government, along with development of nuclear testing should give a clear-cut commitment that we are not going
more underground sub-kiloton
tests, the Government announced the completion of the planned series of tests.
The three underground nuclear tests carried ... negotiations for prohibition and elimination of nuclear weapons and in the interim, a standstill agreement to halt nuclear testing. The world had by then witnessed
remained opposed to the nuclear weaponisation programme which was initiated by the NDA Government after the 1998 nuclear tests at Pokhran. Our party does ... State with advanced nuclear technology. It should be noted that though India reciprocally agreed to stop nuclear testing, there has been no such commitment made
developed independently the first breeder reactor in our country. After 1974 nuclear tests and Pokhran nuclear tests, restrictions were imposed on us. In spite ... limited testing programme, India announced a voluntary moratorium on further underground nuclear test explosions. We conveyed our willingness to move towards a de jure formalisation
adopt the posture of nuclear deterrence. The words have been very carefully coined - `minimum nuclear deterrence', the `credible minimum nuclear deterrence'. Under these ... production of nuclear weapons. You should not go for conducting nuclear explosion." These countries have conducted more than 2000 nuclear tests.
India has taken
