H-bomb worked, says Kalam

Bengaluru
Aug. 27: Two days after Mr K. Santhanam, one of the quartet of scientists who conducted the 1998 nuclear tests, said that the thermonuclear, or hydrogen, bomb tested at Pokhran 11 years ago had fizzled out, the former President, Dr A.P.J Abdul Kalam and the former Atomic Energy Commi-ssion chief, Mr R. Chi-dambaram, dismissed his statements, saying the test was a success. Dr Kalam headed the Pokhran tests.
In Delhi, Dr Kalam told a news agency that “it has been established by the project team that the design yield of the thermo-nuclear test has been obtained.”
Mr Santhanam had said at a seminar in New Delhi on Tuesday: “We should not rush to sign the CTBT because there is evidence that the yield from the test was lower than claimed and so we would need to test again if we wanted an assured deterrent.”

Source:: DC