NARAYANAN 3 LAST

"We have thermonuclear capabilities. I am absolutely
sure. We are very clear on this point. If you hit a city with
one of these you are talking about 50,000 to 1,00,000
deaths," the NSA said.

Narayanan said it was a matter of concern for the
government the "kind of interested propaganda being put by
various people" in media.

On US move to press for a UN Security Council resolution
calling upon all countries to sign the Nuclear
non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), he said that the issue had
already been raised with the Americans who have assured India
it would not affect the civil nuclear agreement.

Narayanan said India also talked to countries with whom
it has signed nuclear agreements against the backdrop of US
bid to get G-8 group of countries to ban sale of enrichment
and reprocessing technologies to non-nuclear states.

He termed as an "old story" ex-Pakistan President Pervez
Musharraf's admission that Islamabad was deploying American
military aid meant for fighting terrorism against India.

He said Pakistan's acquisition of sophisticated weaponry
from America in the last three to four years was more worrying
than any modification of Harpoon missiles.

Strongly refuting the need to rethink the 'no first use'
doctrine, Narayanan said: "It is a very well thought out
doctrine. We are clear for various reasons. For us it is only
a deterrent. We are committed to it."

On reports of Pakistan enhancing its nuclear arsenal, he
said "the fact that the country which is not particularly
friendly to us is building up its nuclear arsenal is certainly
a matter of concern." PTI