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Originally Posted by Asim Aquil
Pak btw, has said on a number of occassion that it will probably be open to the CTBT and the NPT provided India signed them first.
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That's basically the way I understand it too. The problem for India is China (and dreams of superpowerdom).
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Originally Posted by Asim Aquil
Our nuclear program only started with India's nuke detonation in 1974. Its not something we really yearned for, for the heck of it. Got to maintain MAD.
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There are lots of countries that have defense needs that don't resort to nukes. MAD is a very expensive deterrent, coming under the US (or Russian) umbrella is much cheaper. Japan, Canada, South Korea, Australia- all technologically advanced countries with civvie nuclear programs and solid economies that have foresworn nukes. They get the benefits of the tech without the expense of the military application. They get guaranteed fuel sources, they are allowed to export some of the tech, etc.
The US has absolutely no objection to anyone using nuclear power for energy needs. We just don't want nukes in every backyard. But we can't stop it. The genie is out of the bottle. All we can do is offer incentives, which is what the NPT is all about.
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Originally Posted by Asim Aquil
I know the defence and aviation deals are the main motivator for America. But how'd bush think he'd accomplish all this? India won't budge, seeing that American senators won't budge either.
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I have no idea. It's a pig in a poke, imo.
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It's comical to think Bush planned on getting India to sign off on the F-16s/F-18s deals and then later cancelling off this nuke deal because of the congress.
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I doubt Bush envisioned it that way. Lol, the way India is going, the nuke deal would be signed before they decide on a new AC. We've been hearing about this MRCA deal for years....reminds me of Microsoft "vapor-ware".
