Japan backs N-pact with India, warns against tests

[sunny001]

seriosly man our DRDO needs guys like you!!!

Funny avatar by the way.

 

[AbuSalam]

Funny avatar by the way.

hahah..that 2 penguins are INDO Pakees

 

[WAQAS119]

hahah..that 2 penguins are INDO Pakees

hey, correct your spelling! How would you feel if we say endo-Pak?

 

[AbuSalam]

hey, correct your spelling! How would you feel if we say endo-Pak?

doesn't matter pal...ENDO-pak if thats ok with u..Sub continent people from ENDia,Pak,Srilankans,B'desh are called by that name "*"akkes

 

[Bang Galore]

lolz warns against tests at the same time whats the use

No use at all to you, plenty use for us.
A nuclear plant once built is going nowhere whatever be the threat of suspension in future cooperation. This is just something the Japanese government feels it has to say considering that it is the first time Japan is planning on sharing technology with a state that has nuclear weapons & has not signed the NPT. The key here is that the Japanese are signing a deal, not the fact that they are warning about a test that is most likely never going to happen.

 

[Machoman]

another one here you go..

NEW DELHI: Japan's foreign minister warned India on Saturday against conducting any new nuclear tests, saying such a move would force a halt to any civilian nuclear cooperation between the two countries.

The warning came a day after India's cabinet approved a long-delayed draft law that will clear the way for foreign nuclear groups to build reactors in the 150-billion-dollar Indian atomic energy market.

Before leaving for his two-day visit to India, Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada said any civilian nuclear deal between the two countries needed a clause to define how Tokyo would respond to any nuclear test by New Delhi.

"Japan will have no option but to suspend our cooperation" in the event of a nuclear test by India, Okada told a news conference in New Delhi

The two countries launched talks in June on signing an atomic civilian cooperation agreement which will allow Tokyo to export nuclear power generation technology and related equipment to energy-hungry India.

But survivors of the World War II US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have opposed the move, as India has developed nuclear arms without signing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

India stunned the world in 1998 by staging nuclear tests, prompting a tit-for-tat response by rival Pakistan.

Okada did not mention Japanese calls for a clause in the pact dealing with any new nuclear tests by India but he earlier said in Tokyo that how the clause is incorporated will "depend on upcoming negotiations".

India's foreign minister S.M. Krishna told the joint news conference that "negotiations will continue quickly and that we will jointly work towards a good agreement which will result in 'win-win' for both India and Japan".

The Indian government said there was no deadline for concluding the agreement. Earlier reports had said the deal was expected to be signed next month.

India's parliament is expected to pass next week a nuclear liabilities bill which is part of a landmark atomic energy pact with the United States in 2008 that granted New Delhi access to foreign nuclear technology.

Okada earlier in the day held talks with Krishna to firm up bilateral ties.

"India-Japan relations have undergone a significant and qualitative shift in recent years," an Indian government statement said.

Both sides have expressed "resolve to enhance our mutually beneficial strategic and global partnership", the statement added.

The two sides also discussed economic cooperation, including a multi-billion-dollar Japanese loan for the Delhi-Mumbai freight corridor connecting northern cities with western ports.

Japan is the sixth-largest foreign investor in India and two-way trade totals more than 12 billion dollars.

After leaving India, Okada was slated to travel to Thailand for talks with Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and other senior leaders on Monday.

 

[IndianRobo]

I guess he wanted to highlight that Japan warned India of further nuclear tests, him being anti-india and all. Lets just ignore him. Can't we simulate nuclear tests and be certain of our nukes?

Of Course We can,Shakti II- IA pure fission device using the Plutonium implosion design with a yield of 15 KT. The device tested was an actual nuclear warhead that can be delivered by bombers or fighters and also mounted on a missile. The warhead was an improved, lightweight and miniaturized version of the device tested in 1974. Scientists at BARC had been working to improve the 1974 design for many years. Data from the 1974 test was used to carry out computer simulations using the indigenous Param supercomputer to improve the design. The 1998 test was intended to prove the validity of the improved designs.

 

[Hulk]

@Jana giving warning means setting conditions which is right when doing such big thing. About impact we are not planning to conduct any test so it does not have any impact whatsoever.

 

[Dash]

Doesnt matter, we got what we wanted!.

 

[deckingraj]

guys i am not sure why is this news so tempting..is it the warning part??? I think people need to educate themselves more about the civilian nuclear deal and don't just become another victim of media sensationalism..... If India goes for another nuclear test then there will be lot of geo-political ramifications irrespective of warning or no warning....123 agreement b/w India and US also same similar clauses... so relax and let's not waste bandwidth on a non-issue ...

 

[CardSharp]

May be we can do it on moon or mars without anybody detecting it.

Sarcasm?

Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada on Saturday made it clear that if India were to conduct a nuclear test, Tokyo will be forced to suspend bilateral nuclear accord

Japan

 

[Markus]

When will India use its super computers?

No need for further testing for time being. Use super computers for simulation.

Civilian nuclear energy is the need of the day.

 

[Dash]

When will India use its super computers?

No need for further testing for time being. Use super computers for simulation.

Civilian nuclear energy is the need of the day.

Very true!!!!......Where you do one test or 100, what matters at the end of the day is whether you have a minimum credible detterent or not....

Now we will not do tests, we have what we have and thats enough. The whole world knows that India will not do any tests.

Else the N-deal, just didnt fell off the sack, did it?.!!

 

[destiny]

Is it possible to conduct nuclear tests without detecting by other countries

no the fissile products released can be detected thousands of kms away too...... e.g u can detect the presence of I-137 released from chernobyl!!! in detector placed in a room made of pre second world war iron !!!

 

[su-47]

Some people are posting the news here as if its a bad thing for India. Let me put it very simply, for those who dont understand and think of this as Japan dictating the terms:

India starts out at square one, with no access to Japanese nuclear tech or civillian nuclear cooperation.

If we dont conduct tests, we get access to access to Japanese nuclear tech or civillian nuclear cooperation.

If we conduct tests, then we lose this cooperation and go back to square one.

So in effect we get the benefit as long as we dont test nukes.

But Pak on the other hand, has no such benefits and is stuck at square one. India has the OPTION to enjoy the benefits and we can exercise that option. The nuclear tests are just a termination clause for that option.

There. I think that about explains it. End of class!