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Contents 1 How the CIA was fooled. 2 Rollback 3 Dust Cloud Photo 4 Rollback 5 Should be rewritten 6 Unreferenced and POV

[edit] How the CIA was fooled.

I have an article about how the CIA was fooled. I will try to get the online version of it. That article contains a lot of information on the condcution of the test and how the world was kept unknown about this test. Chanakyathegreat 03:31, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rollback

Reason: [1]. --Bhadani 15:15, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dust Cloud Photo

The caption of the dust cloud photo is incorrect. Incidentally this photo was used on the cover of George Perkovich's book. The photograph was taken from the Indian Air Force's Bombing Range 2 at Pohkaran, not the nuclear test site. The clouds are conventional explosions from a firepower demonstration. The air target bullseye can be seen in the photo. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.6.227.169 (talk) 10:31, 7 September 2007 (UTC) The video of that particular target can be seen here during VayuShakti-1999 firepower demo at the IAF bombing range #2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47CSHFURYEw —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.6.225.5 (talk) 22:57, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rollback

I have rolled back the latest edit as the last war (Kargil War) was fought without any formal declaration of war as defined and recognized under international law by the warring nations. --Bhadani (talk) 14:44, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Should be rewritten

"The most vehement reaction to India's nuclear test was Pakistan's. Pakistan was the nation whose security would be most affected by India's nuclear arsenal. Pakistan perceived (and still perceives) India as a threat to its existence. India and Pakistan had three wars with each other. Great ire was raised in Pakistan which issued a severe statement blaming India for instigating a nuclear arms race in the region. Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif vowed that his country would give a suitable reply to the Indians. Pakistan wished to exploit the world's negative reaction to the Indian tests. It chose to highlight the problem of Kashmir and portray India as an aggressive and expansionist state that wished to acquire nuclear weapons to intimidate Pakistan and threaten it militarily. Nawaz Sharif declared that India which was headed by a Hindu nationalist government was bent upon undoing Pakistan and exerting its hegemony throughout South Asia from Afghanistan to Myanmar. Envoys were dispatched to various world capitals to highlight Pakistan's stand and win the world's support and sympathy for Pakistan. The Pakistani public were also of the opinion that their country had to carry out similar tests in order to allay the fears in the minds of the people about India."

This paragram IMHO should be rewritten in a more professional structure, should also tone down the nationalist sentiments... 60.54.58.91 12:37, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Unreferenced and POV

• This article requires reliable, third party sources to back-up its claims. Please consider quoting sources.
• The article contains POV, both in the former and the latter half.

Please cite sources and copyedit the article to ensure that it is written in a clear, coherent tone with a neutral point of view, so speaks rohith. 21:56, 12 January 2008 (UTC)