Kill Vehicle for India’s defense as we continue to die of cold weather
PakistanPal
Just when the cold wave claimed 11 lives in Bihar in the last couple
of days, our Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) set
for itself a new milestone of preparing “Kill Vehicle”, a new weapon
system in order to destroy enemy satellites.
The Kill Vehicle that will be developed under the Indian Ballistic
Missile Program will enable us to hit and destroy satellites in the
earth’s orbit. This must cost us horrendous amount of money at the
expense of, not only India’s ability to defend itself from natural
calamities and a hazardous nuclear leakages (as evident from the Bhaba
Atomic Research Center and the Kaiga Atomic Power Station incidents
that took place recently), but also explain for the rising suicide
rate among the pitiable minors of rural West Bengal who appear to be
dying out of ‘unknown causes’.
The preoccupation of the Center, unfortunately, remains fixated at
China’s Anti-satellite test that it conducted in January 2007 through
which it obtained the ability to destroy satellites within five
hundred miles of earth’s radius. The Space Arms prowl we have taken
upon ourselves is certainly blinding us from the need to concentrate
on our deteriorating security situation, our sectarian and communal
fragmentation, the Naxalite threat and homegrown terrorism, religious
extremism and our biological and nuclear leakages that have recently
caused two casualties and some 90 injuries due to radioactive
contaminated water consumption not to mention the mysterious death of
a scientist, Lokanathan Mahalingam earlier this year. Smuggling and
killing has become a permanent feature of our atomic plants and
facilities over the years.
The recent mysterious death of two scientists at Bhaba Atomic Research
Center in the outskirts of Mumbai, our capital city, is an alarming
enough incident taking place in rapid succession, questioning our poor
nuclear safety and proliferation record. After the missing scientist
act, and the 90 some workers who suffered radiation injuries due to
the contamination of drinking water at the Kaiga Atomic Power Station
in November 25, this would be the third major incident highlighting
irresponsibility on part of our nuclear research facilities and power
plants, this year. All the three events, however, were scrupulously
foiled away by the authorities and concealed by our media. But enough
of it found light of day to cause concern as BBC reported on the
recent incident calling to attention our poor nuclear security
records.
Our preferences for developing defences at the expense of
concentrating on improving our security, speaks of our policies based
on threat perception an allegation we otherwise ardently throw at our
neighbors. On the hind side widespread smuggling and security lapses
continue to turn us into a laughing stalk against the new-earned label
of ‘responsible regional player’.
India Poor Nuclear Safety (See Video Clip) :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5RCfCWbOwM&feature=player_embedded#at=233
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