Nuclear Technology to India

Do you support our policy of selling nuclear technology to India?

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[manofsan]

What's wrong with India? It's a democratic country, unlike China whom Nixon tilted towards during his presidency, and unfortunately the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty is a reflection of Nixon's narrow-minded bias. The NPT accords China elevated status over India, and that's why India doesn't accept it, because it cannot afford such a fundamental imbalance. If the NPT treated India and China equally, then India might be more favorably disposed towards it, but Nixon backed China over India.

[AUSCitizen]

@manofsan

My video was not aimed at India but at US hypocrisy. My point was to determine if our sale of nuclear technology back in 2008 was legal. We were accusing Iran of violating the NPT when we were already in violation by failing to reduce our weapons and may have been committing further violations selling technology to India.

[polkyb]

I thought India were, as with computing technology, forced by the western world to reverse engineer what technology was available in the US and Europe and do their own research.

The fact that they have the worlds first "safe" thorium liquid salt reactor shows that they aren't just following the west down the route to creating weapons with power as a by product.

[manofsan]

@AUSCitizen,

Let's be clear - US non-proliferation laws were created specifically against India, because they were enacted following India's nuclear explosion test in 1974. If those laws were fair to begin with, they would have given India identical recognition accorded to China, rather than singling out India for exclusion while accepting China. American non-proliferation laws and the Non-Proliferation Treaty were mainly authored under the Nixon administration, enshrining its bias and tilt.

[Aussie7470]

DONT SELL TO INDIA!!!!!!!

[protikmaitra]

Thanks for the response.

I see your point and your opinion seems sensible and pragmatic.

Coming to a slightly different yet related question: Why do you think India can or cannot be treated at par with the other 5 declared Nuclear Powers w.r.t the NPT? Also, what is the mood of the average Australian public about this Indo-US Deal? The current Australian PM has indicated he *might* supply India with Uranium.

[AUSCitizen]

My concern is our hypocrisy of using Irans's violations(?)to threaten an attack even as we violate it. I don't know if we are violating the NPT by selling to China. If we are, we should stop. The NPT is probably hypocritical but I'm talking within the framework of international law. I'm against nuclear energy and nuclear weapons, including U.S.

[protikmaitra]

Well said man. I totally agree with you.

[protikmaitra]

You say it is hypocritical for you to sell Uranium to an non-NPT states. Yet, you sell Uranium to China, which is a clear proliferator? What is your concern, the mere signature on NPT or the Proliferation itself?

It appears you can supply Uranium to NPT signatories regardless whether they proliferate or not and you cannot suppply to non-signatories, even if they do not proliferate.

Isn't that hypocritical?