The real nuclear issue
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03/05/2008
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Tribune (New Delhi)
What is the crucial nuclear issue facing the country? It is not the strategic arsenal. The former National Security Adviser, Brajesh Mishra, one of the very few people who had access to classified information on it and who in fact formulated the policy is satisfied that our strategic programme will proceed on the lines formulated by the NDA government. It is not the issue of India's right to test. While 178 countries of the world have signed the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), including all five nuclear weapon powers of the Nonproliferation Treaty, and 144 of them, including three nuclear weapon powers