India launches nuclear submarine. BBC News, 7/26/09
"... a second one is due to be constructed shortly.
Mr. Singh said 'we do not seek to threaten anyone'
...The BBC's Sanjoy Majumder in Delhi says until now India has been able to launch ballistic missiles only from the air and from land. Nuclear submarines will add a third dimension to its defense capability.
On July 31, another BBC article told us that India is emerging as the world center of hunger and malnutrition according to a report by Indian campaign group, the Navdanya Trust.
And the news gets worse. MORE submarines:
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India launches first nuclear submarine
26 July 2009, World Press
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"Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called the launch of the 6,000-tonne INS Arihant (Destroyer of Enemies) a ˜historic milestone in the country's defense preparedness.
India plans to build four more Arihant submarines, which will be armed with torpedoes and ballistic missiles...
˜We don't have any aggressive designs nor do we seek to threaten anyone, the Press Trust of India quoted Singh as saying.
'We seek an external environment in our region and beyond that is conducive to our peaceful development and protection of our value systems,' he added.
Can Singh mean submarine missiles will protect the dying hungry children that are part of India s value system?
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India places two-billion-dollar order for Russian missiles, Pravda, Russia
20.08.2008
"The missiles will be made for submarines of the Indian Navy. The nearest order is seven submarines.
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I ndia launches nuclear submarine
By Manasi Kakatkar, ForeignPolicyBlogs.com
July 29, 2009
"Apart from the Arihant, India will also modernize its naval capabilities by getting two Akula class nuclear powered attack submarines from Russia, and six Scorpene submarines from France. The first delivery of the Scorpene submarines scheduled for 2012 has been delayed due to problems in "absorption of technology. The deal with France was signed in 2005 and will cost India $3 billion. The Russian submarines are expected to be delivered by the end of this year. According to GlobalSecurity.org "the cost to India of acquiring two Akula submarines and their support infrastructure along with training of the crews had been estimated at $2 billion.
Build four more nuclear submarines, buy seven submarines from France and two Russian attack submarines and $2 billion worth of Russian missiles.
If this is really going to happen, how many dead and malnourished children does that equal if two million children under five continue to die each year? - each year of submarine building, buying and arming.
If there was a danger for those arranging this bizarre, frightening and criminally inhumane misuse of India s resources being brought to court, tried and perhaps hung for mega mass-manslaughter and infanticide, would these war plans be altered in favor of keeping precious children of India s poor well fed and healthy?
Write, call, e-mail, fax Prime Minister Mammohan Singh via India s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, 235 East 43rd Street, New York, NY, 10017, telephone: 212-490-9660, fax: 212-940-9665, e-mail: india@un.int & indiaun@prodigy.net
Ask that India feed its children, that they may live, and not die for submarines. (And we are not even mentioning education and quality of life, for these suffering children and their parents.)
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