Arvind Lavakare tears apart this farce of a nuke deal. Forget about the atrocious Hyde Act, the 123 Agreement is as bad if not worse than it. Manmohan Singh is pulling out all stops to sell-out our nuclear strategic interests, before the Kaangress gets finally kicked out next year. Incidentally, he also starved our nuclear program of much needed funds for expansion during 1991-1995 as Finance Minister. And this year he repeats it again by slashing the Department of Atomic Energy's funding by $529 million; all designed to cripple India's capabilities and force it to go to the West for help.
From the article,
...consider all the spin given by the protagonists of the 123 Agreement that the deal would liberate India from ‘nuclear apartheid’. Article 5.2 of the 123 Agreement rules out transfer of sensitive nuclear technology, heavy water production technology, sensitive nuclear facilities, heavy water production facilities and major critical components of such facilities...
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