Talk:Smiling Buddha

message: I'm curious - "the device was hexagonal" - it was two dimensional? CGS 17:57 20 May 2003 (UTC).
Would anyone in the know mind injecting how, precisely, a nuclear explosive can serve any peaceful purpose which India could hope to achieve under any realistic circumstances? "Peaceful" seems vaguely propagandistic in context, and is certainly a loaded term to apply to a weapon, and while I'm no expert on military history or the foreign relations of the Republic of India, I'm vaguely skeptical about the NPOVness of calling it such. 68.96.162.252 08:44, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Peaceful nuclear explosions (PNEs) are nuclear explosions conducted for non-military purposes, such as activities related to economic development including the creation of canals. During the 1960s and 1970s, both the United States and the Soviet Union conducted a number of PNEs, but subsequently halted their PNE programs. The definitions are covered in the Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty of 1976 DV8 2XL 13:45, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

text: Additionally, it was meant to imply that they did not weaponize it (i.e. they had not developed a model which could be fit into a missile warhead or dropped from a plane). I think the current version, which says that it was claimed to be a "peaceful" design but doesn't really take any side in it, is pretty neutral. Nobody doubted that India had in fact developed a "nuclear weapon" and I suspect nobody doubted that they could quickly weaponize it if they hadn't already. Claiming it was "peaceful" was an attempt to eat their cake and have it too -- have a nuclear bomb but hopefully avoid international outcry and sanctions and things like that. --Fastfission 23:58, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
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message: The curious appellation of the program or device suggests some historical association with Robert Oppenheimer's famous invocation of Vishnu at the time of America's first nuclear test. Has this been looked into? Orthotox (talk) 21:41, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
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message: This section states that the plutonium for the bomb was produced in a CIRUS reactor.  However, this page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CANDU_reactor#Nuclear_nonproliferation states that this is a common misconception.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.125.90.25 (talk) 17:59, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for pointing that out.  The claim in that article is not supported by any citation.  A later citation explicitly contradicts it.  So it is dubious and likely false. NPguy (talk) 21:12, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
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replies: text: You haven't explained what is erroneous. I've tweaked the coordinates somewhat, but if you still think that there is a problem, you'll need to provide a clear explanation of what it is. Deor (talk) 18:05, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
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