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Why CIA and ISI slept over intelligence about so-called nuclear test of India?
In 1998, CIA and ISI were caught napping over intelligence inputs about 'nuclear test' by India. Don't say that CIA wasn't interested in Indian nuclear programme. Till the nuclear tests were 'conducted', they did nothing but once the tests were made public, a furor was created. West was up in arms against India. Sanctions were imposed, lectures were given and what not.
So why did the West fail in preventing India from acquiring nuclear weapons?
I can think of two reasons:
In 1998, CIA and ISI were caught napping over intelligence inputs about 'nuclear test' by India. Don't say that CIA wasn't interested in Indian nuclear programme. Till the nuclear tests were 'conducted', they did nothing but once the tests were made public, a furor was created. West was up in arms against India. Sanctions were imposed, lectures were given and what not.
So why did the West fail in preventing India from acquiring nuclear weapons?
I can think of two reasons:
- India probably simply purchased the nukes from other countries. So keeping the so-called nuclear test secretive wasn’t a big deal.
- Could it be that CIA is an extremely over-rated organization? When Henry Kissinger traveled to China in 1971, Prime Minister Chou En-lai asked about C.I.A. subversion. Kissinger told Chou that he vastly overestimates the competence of the C.I.A. Chou persisted that whenever something happens in the world they are always thought of. Kissinger acknowledged,"That is true, and it flatters them, but they don't deserve it."
Intelligence and detective professions are known to require immense hard work and continuous vigilance for long periods of time. And Americans are notorious to be lazy. This is proved by the fact that West is willing to accept immigrants from Western countries to run their economy.
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