It doesn’t get any better than this. The Three stooges couldn’t have written a better script for comedy. The latest buzz out of Delhi about the Pokhran fiasco is that the Indian Army does not trust the yield of the Nuclear explosions. Worst still, Mr. Kalam who is an engineer and not a scientist, and does not hold a Phd degree (his “Dr” appellation is an honorary one and does not represent earned academic degrees) looks like a fool. Even the Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army does not trust the word of the former president of India who lied abou the Pokhran results.
This Times of India report is the funniest peice out of Delhi for a very long time.
NEW DELHI: With some scientists questioning the efficacy of the hydrogen bomb tested in Pokhran over a decade ago, former Army chief V P Malik has said the armed forces need to be “reassured” by the nuclear establishment on the exact yield of the weapons developed by them.
“They need to be reassured about the weapon system they use and about the planning of what kind of the yield they have when they hit the target,” Malik, the Chief of the Armed Forces during the Pokhran-II nuclear tests, told a private news channel.
Terming the recent comments of former DRDO scientist K Santhanam, questioning the yield of the thermonuclear device tested on May 11, 1998 as “shocking”, he said doubts over the efficacy of the weapon affects the armed forces.
“Yes, it affects the armed forces. Particularly, because, when they plan the task given to them then they have to know what kind of yield that each nuclear weapon has,” he said stressing that it was important to remove doubts.
Malik also dubbed as “unconvincing” former President A P J Abdul Kalam’s remarks virtually rubbishing Santhanm’s claims on the yield of the thermonuclear device tested in 1998.
“Let us not forget that Dr Santhanam was part of his (Kalam’s) team. And it came as quite a shock with Dr Santhanam himself mentioning that it was a fizzle. Of course, again he was referring to the thermonuclear weapon. So, Dr Kalam’s statement was not quite convincing,” he said. Scientists need to reassure Army on hydrogen bomb yield: Malik PTI 6 September 2009, 02:17pm IST. TOI.
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