INDIA:'WE WILL SURVIVE NUCLEAR WAR'

Times of London and Ananova ^ | Monday December 31, 2001 00:03 GMT | What Tomorrow's Papers Say Column

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

Not true... We;ve exploded more in the NV desert than both of these countries have

JEEEZE TAKE OFF THE TIN FOIL HAT A MOMMENT I THINK ITS MALFUNCTIONING

what lives in the desert where these bombs are set off hmmmmm lets say NOTHING their not going to bomb where the people ARENT their going to bomb where the people ARE !!!!!!

[MadRobotArtist]

Hmmmm.... An interesting point. Creepy though... I'm thinking that in the long term, that the US would actually benefit from such a nuclear exchange. For one, we'd probably rebuild them, and then our people would make money by cleaning up their country's toxic wasteland.

My hope is that we don't benefit. In fact, I think if the winds were right, and there was enough radioactive material in the air, we'd probably see it here within a year if not sooner. That's a sad fact considering when we bombed Japan, those bombs were tinkertoys compared to what we have now.

[steveegg]

Thank God for that. I only hope the Indians back off the rhetoric now.

[steveegg]

That was then. While the Pakistani army has become somewhat more efficient (I doubt they're anywhere near the caliber of the Coalition in the Persian Gulf War), the Indian armed forces have become moribound, and rely too much on superior numbers.

A prime example of what the next Pakistani-Indian war would look like if it kicks off in the next year or so is the border skirmish last year. I know I saw the details somewhere on FR, but the short version is that Pakistan-backed rebels snatched a key mountain in Kashmir, and it took an unusually-high amount of effort by the Indians to eject them from that mountain.

[dodger]

We'd be better off sooner rather than later in such a clash of cultures ....

Most of our people can be moved and in the big, long-term picture we lose far fewer than will be the case some years in the future when the Muzzies & the Chi-Com pals have really ramped up their means to wage nuclear chemical & biological war. Their strategic plans make 9-11 & WTC look like summer camp.

[Spook86]

Sorry, but my numbers are accurate...Pakistan has long sought a nuclear advantage over India, realizing it can never match New Delhi's conventional forces. India, on the other hand, has been "victimized" by faulty intelligence. They assume (incorrectly) that Pakistan can never match their nuclear capabilities, so they've been slow in developing and fielding weapons. A good case in point is the medium-range Agni missile. India began working on the Agni in the mid-1980s; today it's still 3-4 years away from entering operational service. Pakistan, by comparison, bought medium range missile technology from North Korea (No Dong) and put their Ghuari MRBM in service in less than 10 years.

While India is worried about India and Pakistan, the fact remains clear: New Delhi has been slow to develop a nuclear advantage and, in fact, finds itself behind Pakistan in both numbers of warheads and viable delivery systems. New Delhi's only viable missile (Prithvi) is not nuclear capable, since India has been unable to develop a warhead small enough to fit on the missile. By comparison, Pakistan has working nuclear warheads for both short-range Hataf and medium range Ghuari missiles.

[RightWhale]

Always the optimist.

But if China plays the military card, it's a new game. Deuces wild.

[Kozak]

Well gee, whats wrong with good old fashioned nuclear bombs? Once the show is on does it really matter if the warheads arrive in 15 minutes or an hour? Particularly if India decides to go first? Actually that works better because Pakistan won't know if its a nuclear or conventional attack. With a missile launch it would be clear whats happening, but if aircraft head in country you won't know the payload till the first White Light blooms. Pakistan would have to gamble, it the Indian aircraft drop conventional, then Pakistan gets branded as the nuclear aggressor. Game theory is a bitch...

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

But if China plays the military card, it's a new game. Deuces wild.

If china plays the * card would it be in defence of either nation? or would it be to force taiwan into compliance ? if so then were up to our necks in worldwide thermonuclear threats from any country that decides to point a weapon on us or our allies![of course there are those who speculate we are that close NOW ]

I try not to let my optimisum get in the way of rational thought