- Indian officials have denied the report published by a military intelligence think tank on the Mysore nuclear centrifuge plant
- This report is an intention to divert focus on from the real culprits of proliferation ahead of a meeting Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) in Buenos Aires
- IHS Jane’s group report is not accepted as India is a declared nuclear weapon state and the production cannot be restricted by any legal and political groups
- The report that India was pursuing “runaway” expansion of its atomic arsenal was rejected
- India’s indigenously designed nuclear submarine Arihant sea trials are still going on and its induction in the Navy’s stables would complete the triad of nuclear delivery system
- The Defence Research and Development Organisation which looks into India’s development programme is developing a string of submarine-launched ballistic missiles, including the K-4 which has a 2,000- km range
- Read at: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/india-trashes-report-on-covert-nuclear-facility/article6137737.ece
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