Nuclear weaponsPlutoniumIn matters of nuclear anxiety, the gap between technical capability and defense activity is often vanishingly thin. A discussion paper by Mansoor Ahmed, a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard University's Belfer Center, examines the "exceptional" and intertwined nature of ...
control, and oversight of Pakistan's nuclear weapons program. It also serves as the principal policymaking institution on matters related to weapons of mass destruction and national strategic security.
The committee rejected by 13-5 an amendment from Feingold to require Bush to provide assurances that India was not taking advantage of the agreement by diverting nuclear fuel to its atomic weapons program. Sen. George Allen said the amendment was a potential "deal breaker," warning that India ...
APJ Abdul Kalam (2002 – 2007): Known for his role in the development of India’s ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs, APJ Abdul Kalam was the first scientist to become a President in 2002. Pratibha Patil (2007 – 2012): Pratibha Patil was the first woman to become the Presiden...
and Pakistan's nuclear weapons program. In an effort to curtail tensions, the two countries formed a joint commission. In December 1988, Prime Ministers Rajiv Gandhi and Benazir Bhutto concluded a pact not to attack each other's nuclear facilities and initiated agreements on cultural exchanges and...
707 suffered a rapid decompression resulting from an explosion in the cargo hold. The former deputy head of CIA operations, assistant director for clandestine operations Robert Crowley, confessed to this being what happened as part of an agency operation to scuttle India’s nuclear weapons program....
The International Atomic Energy Agency has found evidence at an underground bunker in Iran of scientists having moved closer to enriching uranium to the level needed to produce nuclear weapons. According to experts, the discovery of traces of uranium enriched up to 27 percent at the Fordow facilit...
The conventional wisdom is, or certainly was, that nuclear weapons create a balance of terror between rivals. That logic may have applied in the days of the Cold War between the United States and Soviet Union, but it no longer is valid — at least between India and Pakistan. ...
Although India is trying to encourage greater foreign participation in its atomic power program, its failure to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT, an international treaty that prohibits signatories from testing nuclear weapons) has inhibited investment and technical support from Western firms....
historically has been non-aligned. In these times, it is critical that our friendship with India is built on meaningful action, such as the2008 U.S.-India civil nucleardeal that cleared the way for India to meet its energy needs while keeping in place its strategic nuclear defense program....