manmohan-afp-608The success of the Indian nuclear program, after being questioned by foreign experts and agencies initially, is now in serious doubt after Indian Nuclear Scientist, S. Santhanam, has said that India should not rush into signing the CTBT as the 1998 tests were far from successful.

India, overwhelmed by their film-industry, has a history of creating great media hype around whatever they do. An example is the failure of the Indian Missile program and the fact that India is now dependent on outside help.

Here is what has been around in the news:

Pokhran II not fully successful: Indian scientist

NEW DELHI: The 1998 Pokhran II nuclear tests might have been far from the success they have been claimed to be. The yield of the thermonuclear explosions was actually much below expectations and the tests were perhaps more a fizzle rather than a big bang.

The controversy over the yield of the tests, previously questioned by foreign agencies, has been given a fresh lease of life with K Santhanam, senior scientist and DRDO representative at Pokhran II, admitting for the first time that the only thermonuclear device tested was a “fizzle”. In nuclear parlance, a test is described as a fizzle when it fails to meet the desired yield.

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