Why is the U.S. negotiation with India over nuclear weapons
critical to the long term (century long) defense of the United
States?
Examine the facts on the ground. Call this neo-realism. Best
India source confirms that India now possesses 30-40 nuclear
weapons in position to use. The arsenal includes sea-based missiles
(submarine launched) and mobile-based missiles. The warheads are
based entirely on plutonium derived from breeder reactors built
over the last forty years with Canadian and Indian involvement.
What India wants is the ability to manufacture at least 30
weapons per year entirely from plutonum from breeder reactors. This
is why India does not want the new breeder reactors to be available
to inspectors as commercial/civilian sites.
India does not want to rely upon the nuclear weapons umbrella of
the United States.
There is a nuclear arms race on the South Asian continent. India
has a no first use policy. Pakistan does not have a no first use
policy. China is pell-mell to outgun India and the U.S. and
Australia and Japan.
A century from now, India will be a superpower to offset the
aggression of China. The U.S. will depend upon Indian protection.
Cooperation now with the Indian military regime will determine the
strategic opportunities for the U.S. Also, the U.S. needs the
Indian Navy to supplemnt our projection into East Asia and the
Indian Ocean.
India, India, India is the strategic check to Iran and Russia
and China. Will the U.S. use it now, or later, or not?
topics:
Military, Iran, Russia, Pakistan, Nuclear Weapons
