Talk:Smiling Buddha
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I'm curious - "the device was hexagonal" - it was two dimensional? CGS 17:57 20 May 2003 (UTC).
Would anyone in the know mind injecting how, precisely, a nuclear explosive can serve any peaceful purpose which India could hope to achieve under any realistic circumstances? "Peaceful" seems vaguely propagandistic in context, and is certainly a loaded term to apply to a weapon, and while I'm no expert on military history or the foreign relations of the Republic of India, I'm vaguely skeptical about the NPOVness of calling it such. 68.96.162.252 08:44, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
- Peaceful nuclear explosions (PNEs) are nuclear explosions conducted for non-military purposes, such as activities related to economic development including the creation of canals. During the 1960s and 1970s, both the United States and the Soviet Union conducted a number of PNEs, but subsequently halted their PNE programs. The definitions are covered in the Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty of 1976 DV8 2XL 13:45, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
- Additionally, it was meant to imply that they did not weaponize it (i.e. they had not developed a model which could be fit into a missile warhead or dropped from a plane). I think the current version, which says that it was claimed to be a "peaceful" design but doesn't really take any side in it, is pretty neutral. Nobody doubted that India had in fact developed a "nuclear weapon" and I suspect nobody doubted that they could quickly weaponize it if they hadn't already. Claiming it was "peaceful" was an attempt to eat their cake and have it too -- have a nuclear bomb but hopefully avoid international outcry and sanctions and things like that. --Fastfission 23:58, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
