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subcontinent to the brink of thermonuclear war. so what's going on behind these walls we sent indian journalist to kenya gallops to investigate. a coastal state in india is famous for its sun signed and tourists. but for five days in march this year this beach paradise played host to india's defense expo. and.

today india is the largest importer of arms in the word and has pledged to spend two hundred fifty billion dollars over the next decade to modernize its military hoping to cash in on seniors and companies from across the globe have flocked to the defense expo in the hopes of selling that to the indian government. my name is my. i. at the forefront of india's military expansion is the devil up into four feet of nuclear submarines which will be powered by enriched uranium and capable of firing thermonuclear weapons each one over a thousand times more powerful than the devices detonated over hiroshima and nagasaki joining world war two. but in order to power and arm this fleet india will need a large stockpile of sufficiently enriched uranium. according to

a recent investigation by foreign policy magazine a new top secret facility is under construction in the south indian district of china kerry and it is here that many believe the highly enriched uranium needed to fulfill india's military ambitions will be produced though this is a claim that has been hotly contested by the indian government itself. so i've come to the expo to seek out india stop defense and military leaders and see if they will explain what is going on. our first port of call is the defense minister us press conference where i ask him about these alleged plans to build a new uranium enrichment site. so how can you know. what . will.

be the. one. when. you. his answer is the very reason but that's not really surprising indian officials are famously tight lipped about the country's nuclear weapons program because it is covered by a draconian official secrets act we are the same evasive responses from a long list of people at the defense expo. and i don't. want to. read i'm into the same apartment wall of silence when we approach the company that built india's first nuclear submarine during remote from the country. even the country's vice chief of naval staff was unwilling to address the subject.

under the. why india is keen to discuss and debate its growing military prowess the nuclear weapons program is a subject that remains off limits. but many analysts across the world believe that india is indeed by suing the policy of creating a weapons many times more powerful than anything in the country's arsenal to date if you're saying that. and india's historical for pakistan has already taken note pledging to do whatever it takes to keep up with indian nuclear capability. whether they want to burn bugs on endurable whatever put it into. their debts or not bother me much

as long as i. am. with regional superpower with china already holding a vast stockpile of these weapons experts fear a new nuclear race on the sub continent could threaten the existence and livelihoods of heart of the world's population. is also taking their shape in south asia because of your concerns of china as well so india. against china and india want to have for example. on the areas that are. very close. but concerns that india is planning to expand its nuclear arsenal first came to light in a rather unlikely backwater of rural south india the lush plains of china. it was

here that a group of local shepherds on earth details about the government's alleged plans to construct a secret nucleus city. for generations shepherds like that. had unfettered access to common pasture land stretching on with power because they use this land to grow food and graze their animals i didn't two thousand and ten the indian government suddenly ordered ten thousand acres of these common grasslands be walled off no information about the intended purpose of the new facilities was made public and local community members claim they were not even consulted or informed about the appropriation of the sly and before it happened almost overnight even the local politicians and civil

servants had been kept in the dark. i want to marty. then in two thousand and eleven india stopped nuclear official admitted that among the projects slated for construction and. is a year a name enrichment site that could feed the country's military nuclear programs as well as civilian this announcement came shortly after the launch of ins arihant the first of several nuclear powered ballistic missile submarines being built for the indian navy. slowly this information made its way back to the local community in. when they. organized protests at the attention of the government including. court of the two

thousand and fourteen indian general election. but it soon became clear to them that this was a battle that would have to be fourteen. so they got in touch with environmental lawyer. when the father was discovered the walls were coming up that's one of almost four years ago secretly the farmers had already filed a case in the i thought it was not going to run for them which is when we took it to the national bank. in response to the green tribunals government agencies were compelled to go on the record and reveal important information about the purpose of the site so they're very clearly said in that affidavit to produce i mean enriched uranium which is used by both civilian and military including for nuclear ballistic missiles and. if you pick what has happened in iran basically

the. united states government has forced the suppression between the. weapons grade uranium and the energy post that separation is important for them there is no perfect proliferation. through the. managed to get a government agency to admit for the first time that the site will be used to enrich uranium to build weapons. according to national security expert cannot building a city sized complex to house the entire process it's not uncommon. the best way to make a weapon. and have industry and industrial size process making a weapon drive it in one place where the russians have done. for instance. just

a city in some remote part of siberia or something where they make nothing but bombs. may be are adopting the russian people i don't know and i'm really saying as an outside person looking in age group. i was going to prototype your phone. is credible but it's nearly impossible to get any confirmation from the indian government a search for more concrete answers takes us outside india to washington d.c. . in two thousand and eight india signed an historic deal with the united states allowing international inspectors to regulate reactors used for its ambitious civilian nuclear energy program in exchange the country was granted a waiver from the nuclear suppliers group to import fuel and by civilian nuclear technology that for decades had been kept out of its reach since then western

analysts have monitored india's military program closely. at the institute of science and international security we meet sabrina. who's tracking the proposed and richmond site. we were able to discover the plan for the construction of a new enrichment facility by analyzing open source information this area up here does not have any construction so far but the plans are to build your rhenium centrifuge program here and you enrichment facility means that india will be expanding its talk of highly enriched uranium. serena do is concerned but the new site could trigger a nuclear reason the subcontinent it's significant because it indicates that india's uranium enrichment needs are growing and we believe they're growing because india needs to fuel its nuclear submarine program.

we worry about pakistan because pakistan has a tendency to want to match any new advancements that india mix and currently we are worried that pakistan might want to match india's efforts when it comes to creating a nuclear submarine program china is also nearby and any advancements in this nuclear program are going to create are going to have destabilizing effects in the region and yes we worry about us collation. suing such a bullish policy on nuclear armament has the potential to destabilize the region why exactly is it but the indian government is so hell bent on improving its arsenal after all the country already has nuclear weapons doesn't it. in contrast to the big boys nuclear as india and pakistan account for only two hundred to two thirty bombs between them india's program dates back to one nine

hundred seventy four when prime minister indira gandhi gave the go ahead to test the. country's first bomb the smiling but exploded deep in the heart of the rogers trying to assert taking the world by surprise india described it as a peaceful nuclear explosion pakistan saw it as an act of aggression the nation reacted swiftly accelerating the pace of its own program prime minister is a figure of crime he declared that pakistanis would eat leaves and grass or even go hungry but they would build the bomb things came to a head in may nine hundred ninety eight went under the cloak of secrecy india tested five more bombs a move that led to swift condemn nation from the world. less than three weeks later in a tit for tat move pakistan detonated six devices sanctions were placed on both nations . while the tests proved conclusively that both nations had nuclear capability a shadow was cast over the credibility of india's doctorand in two thousand and

nine. that keys on the number a key member of the scientific team responsible for conducting the tests made a shocking revelation. be. much lower than was predicted was obvious but for some reason. kept hidden. to go down. and. plainly written a naked man. that was in fact indicating that the. it was. claimed to be. the government was quick to refute design. but sometimes claims was seized upon by those national security experts such as barker knight who have been calling for

further testing and asking the government to build a full scale thermonuclear arsenal. only proven and dish good weapon is a twenty kilometer we can be a one hundred five we had one two and twenty five a claim you have a two seventy five but unless you actually test. there's no credibility to your claims if it's mind game before the nuclear war starts the chinese have an edge because when you say ok join she ok you want to start a nuclear war ok i'm going to open up with my one megaton do you have a very accurate ridiculous ok. not everyone shared the same through z. as in for further proliferation but sometimes revelations had left those on all sides of the political spectrum wondering whether india's arsenal was. particularly pakistan with whom the country's relations have often descended into.

in fact hostility has been a defining characteristic of the relationship between india and pakistan for nearly seventy years now a period marked by several wars and endless military standoffs. and this mutual enemy is perhaps best illustrated by a ceremony that takes place at the border every evening both sides put on a grand show of aggression. by their countrymen. but even the spectacle underplays the very real threat but automations bolster one of. india and pakistan . to kill weapons today. was growing nuclear weapons program india nuclear weapons aspirations the right question with china looming large over these nations many feel that a new one you know weapons phrase is breaking out and. we

arrived on may twenty eighth. to the days since pakistan tested its bombs. the model. adding fuel to the fire of hostility between pakistan and india is this man a.q. khan the father of the pakistani bomb. he's a controversial figure accused of setting up a network sensitive information to north korea and iran. giving a speech. the pakistani government has publicly distanced itself from but he continues to be a celebrated figure up and down the country. thanks

. getting access is nearly impossible.

to meeting with the insider from pakistan's nuclear program. is a high ranking member of pakistan's strategic planning division an elite branch of the military that has command over the country. at university in islamabad. in the wake of revelations about india's nuclear ambitions pakistan has no choice but to escalate the production of its own weapons. people are generally willing to accept india's logic that there means good detectives from china in terms of strategic weapons as well if there is a mercedes or a nuclear weapon. which the indians may claim that it is intended for china but stop it stops indians from pointing the same weapon is done what i want india does should be able to in minute elliot reward was. unbearable damage to the

store there and they will hopefully to free him from. for the bugs and the postgres . but pakistan's just for the nonproliferation has always been a huge concern globally and the recent introduction of tactical nuclear weapons to its arsenal short range missiles equipped with nuclear warheads that can be used on the battlefield have caused many particularly indian military officials to balkan horror beyond the fact that a substantial part of pakistan forces is engaged in counterterrorism operations on the western borders so that has created a kind of a liberty which indians seem to be willing to exploit so pakistan had to look for those who showed through there and parties thousands sponsor this was done in by the way over the introduction of short range battlefield nuclear weapons so we're loading our nuclear threshold pakistan has also delegated the command of tactical

nukes to battlefield commanders with some analysts believe lives their arsenal wateringly open to attack and even passed by extremist organizations in the region for his part pakistani peace activist and physicist expects things will only get worse in the years to come the race is also taking it bad shape in south asia because in south asian situation is not just india pakistan situation because india has concerns of china as well so india builds up again against china and india wants to have for example a trial which we nuclear weapons on on the air as it has in the season somebody who and therefore pakistan would feel more certain and bug them are also going that action for those who track strategic weapons closely one area where the reasons

most apparent is in the building and testing of bomb delivery systems such as messiah was. both india and pakistan have a large stockpile of subsystems most recently india tested the list of files from onboard its first nuclear powered submarine leading to fears that the indian ocean is on course to become a nuclear rise zone in november two thousand and fifteen even us president barack obama has own concerns about the direction south asia's taking at the nuclear security summit in washington d.c. the other area were i think we need to see progress is pakistan and india. making sure that. as they develop military doctrines that they are not continually moving in the wrong direction. india resents any attempts to link its nuclear security and doctrine with that of pakistan's and quickly protested president

obama's remarks but for those charged with analyzing india's national security strategy expanding the program appears inevitable if you're saying that. we really ought to be patient china. the other countries are not really threats to india so we don't in the ocean treaty be concerned not pakistan not trim pakistan as you know i mean for example a very small country the initial launch. can ever be certain that our nuclear weapons can be destroyed in exchange while we can be certain we can make an extinct as a social organization. the walls of china continue to obscure india's allegedly new nuclear program from view. but many on all sides agree that a nuclear arms race on the subcontinent is underway. the potential fallout in the

swallow tiled region is thinkable and while the indian state seeks to secure its dead and capabilities against its neighbors a lot more thought must be given on how to prevent the strays from spiraling out of control. in this life the most incredible stories are often true.

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