Rumi Nations

Seymour Hersh has an enviable knack for generating controversy with everything that he writes. May be, he has what might be called the 'Hersh Touch', a latter day version of the Midas Touch. His New Yorker article about Pakistan's nuclear arsenal has predictably generated strong reactions from Pakistan. Well, what can one expect if Hersh is basically saying that there's a secret argument between the Pentagon and the Pakistan Army whereby if things get out of hand in Pakistan and the Taliban are on the verge of getting hold of nukes, then Special Forces from the United States will swoop in and "secure" the assets. It would be quite something for one nation to share the exact locations (Bunker No. 9) where each component of a discombobulated nuclear device is located with another nation no matter how friendly that nation might be. On a related note, I recently read some scholarly piece about the history of India's nuclear posture ... how it slowly evolved f...

Dr. Radhakrishanan. Let me put the cat out of the bag right away! I would have loved to have been the Chairman!!! Oh well ... may be, in my next incarnation ... ISRO is of course doing quite well ... achieving laurels for the country. One looks forward to a successful completion of the GSLV launch with an indigenously built cryogenic stage. That will eventually be used to power a true ICBM of course ... Next, one looks forward to a manned space program ... all our own. I don't know about sending Indians to the Moon though ... At the height of the Cold War, NASA was able to achieve that feat only because National Pride was at stake. Even the mighty Soviet Union has never managed to achieve that feat!!! Quite extraordinary when you come to think of that!!! Let's us see if China and India are able to overtake Russia in that regard ...