Does the U.S. Underestimate India’s Nuclear Abilities?

National Security Archive (2006): “Documents Show U.S. Intelligence Failed to Warn of India’s Nuclear Tests Despite Tracking Nuclear Weapons Potential Since 1950s”

CNN 1998: “This colossal failure of our nations intelligence gathering could set off a nuclear arms race in Southeast Asia, [Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama] said in a statement.

Photo of slide presented by Rajagopala Chidambaram, principal scientific adviser to the government of India and the chairman of the scientific advisory committee to the cabinet on Jan. 9, 2008 at the LENR Workshop at the National Institute for Advanced Studies on the campus of the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore.

Rajagopala Chidambaram speaking on Jan. 9, 2008 at NIAS. (Photos: S.B. Krivit)