Archive for January, 2015
Loud Thinking January 17, 2015 at 11:28AM
January 17th, 2015 | 
Author: Great news for Pakistan and bad news for its enemies..!
Pakistan’s fourth nuclear reactor at Khushab now appears operational
PTI | Jan 17, 2015, 11.24 AM IST
A TOI news.
The reactor is part of Pakistan’s programme to increase the production of weapons-grade plutonium.
WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s fourth heavy water reactor at Khushab nuclear site which allows it to build a larger number of miniaturised plutonium-based nuclear weapons now appears to be operational, a US think-tank has said.
The reactor is part of Pakistan’s programme to increase the production of weapons-grade plutonium.
“A recently purchased Digital Globe high resolution satellite image dated January 15, 2015 shows that Khushab’s fourth reactor’s external construction is complete and has become operational,” David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini of the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) said on Friday.
READ ALSO: ‘Pakistan close to completing its 4th N-reactor’
“This assessment is based on the presence of a very specific signature: steam is venting from the reactor’s cooling system,” he said.
Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal is increasing at a pace faster than any other country and now is reported to have more nuclear weapons than that of India.
Albright and his co-author said Pakistan’s Khushab nuclear site, located 200 kilometres south of Islamabad, is dedicated to the production of plutonium for nuclear weapons.
“Its expansion appears to be part of an effort to increase the production of weapons-grade plutonium, allowing Pakistan to build a larger number of miniaturized plutonium-based nuclear weapons that can complement its existing highly enriched uranium nuclear weapons,” they wrote.
“Originally, the site consisted of a heavy water production plant and an estimated 50 megawatt-thermal (MWth) heavy water reactor, both of which became operational in the 1990s. However, Pakistan initiated the construction of a second heavy water reactor between the year 2000 and 2002, a third one in 2006, and a fourth one in 2011,” they said.
Noting that Pakistan has never provided public information regarding any of the Khushab reactors, Albright and Kelleher-Vergantini said terefore, the power output can only be estimated.
ISIS estimates the power of the original heavy water reactor to be about 50 MWth while reactors 2, 3, and 4 are believed to generate double or more the power of the first one, and are thus capable of producing more than double the amount of weapon-grade plutonium per year.
A technical consultant to ISIS with years of experience in heavy water reactors assessed for ISIS that the power of these newer heavy water reactors is likely to be larger than the first one and that over time their power could be further increased.
The increase in power can be accomplished by using more advanced fuel or adding heat removal capacity, they wrote.
Loud Thinking January 16, 2015 at 08:20PM
“Rebellion against your handicaps gets you nowhere. Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world – making the most of one’s best.”
—Harry Emerson Fosdick (1879-1969)
Clergyman
Loud Thinking January 16, 2015 at 08:16PM
“Listening is being able to be changed by the other person.”
— Alan Alda
Loud Thinking January 15, 2015 at 10:11PM
“Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Loud Thinking January 15, 2015 at 10:09PM
“Does the sun ask itself, “Am I good? Am I worthwhile? Is there enough of me?” No, it burns and it shines. Does the sun ask itself, “What does the moon think of me? How does Mars feel about me today?” No it burns, it shines. Does the sun ask itself, “Am I as big as other suns in other galaxies?” No, it burns, it shines.”
—Andrea Dworkin (1946-2005)
Author, Activist
Loud Thinking January 15, 2015 at 10:04PM
ICC World Cup 2015 Schedule, Fixtures, TimeTable
Pakistan vs India World Cup 2015 Match Timing, Venue, Team Squad, Date, Latest News
It’s a huge event and in the staging observance and there are join of very thrilling match ups in the group phase, here is the highlights from the Fixture statement ceremony.
Now below you can check the Pakistan Match Timing, Schedule, Date In ICC World Cup 2015.
Date Match Details Time Venue
GMT PST Your Time Ground City
Feb 15 – Sun India v Pakistan, 4th Match, Pool B 03:30 PST08:30 08:30 Adelaide Oval Adelaide
Feb 21 – Sat Pakistan v West Indies, 10th Match, Pool B 22:00
Feb 20 PST03:00
(Feb 21) 03:00(Feb 21) Hagley Oval Christchurch
Mar 01 – Sun Pakistan v Zimbabwe, 23rd Match, Pool B 03:30 PST08:30 08:30 Brisbane Cricket Ground Woolloongabba, Brisbane
Mar 04 – Wed Pakistan v United Arab Emirates, 25th Match, Pool B 01:00 PST06:00 06:00 McLean Park Napier
Mar 07 – Sat Pakistan v South Africa, 29th Match, Pool B 01:00 PST06:00 06:00 Eden Park Auckland
Mar 15 – Sun Ireland v Pakistan, 42nd Match, Pool B 03:30 PST08:30 08:30 Adelaide Oval Adelaide
Loud Thinking January 15, 2015 at 07:41PM
Any comments..?
Subject: Indian TTP Connections.Kerry Snubbed MODI. Christina Palmer
Kerry snubbed Modi over Mulla Fazalulla patronage
Posted by: Special Report in Top Stories 0
Indian Premiers excuses rejected strongly by American team
Modi told to tame Ajit Doval, RAW in the backdrop of Doval’s ‘Vibrant’ confessions about TTP use
Kerry and his team came to India with solid evidence of Indian hand in terror across Pakistan
During his visit to US, General Raheel’s background interviews with Americans made Washington shift its approach towards Delhi
Abrupt end to RAW-TTP nexus placed as a prerequisite for positive outcomes of Obama’s India visit
From Christina Palmer & Anjali Sharma
NEW DELHI- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was humbled by the US Secretary of State John Kerry and when Kerry met him a couple of days beck here on his official visit to India that was considered to be an advance visit by a high level US team in connection with the upcoming visit of the US President Barak Obama to India, later this month.
Very credible and authoritative sources at PMO, reveal that John Kerry and his team though started deliberations with Modi and his team in a very polite manner but the heat was generated when Indian side completely refused to admit having any role in TTP-led terrorism in Pakistan. “The atmosphere in the room after Kerry and Modi had lunch together, changed when Premier Modi very blatantly stated that he and his government so shocked to hear about the Peshawar School Terror that the schools and both the houses of the Parliament observed moment of silence to mourn the Peshawar School Terror and thus there could be no Indian hand involved in it,” the sources said. At this occasion, the sources say, American team got furious and showed some hard evidences of Mulla Fazalulla and RAW nexus in Afghanistan to influx terror in Pakistan. The American side took the Indian side quite aggressively and also snubbed Modi over the highly objectionable role of his National Security Advisor Ajit Kumar Doval in the entire dirty game. Modi and his team were grilled over the admissions of Ajit Doval of funding and utilizing TTP terrorists to destabilize Pakistan and Modi was asked to tame Doval and Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) both in this direction. Modi was told to end India’s patronization of Mulla Fazalulla in Afghanistan and it was made it clear to Modi and his team that the US was about to place Mulla Fazalulla on list of global terrorists and an Indian pampering of him would jeopardize the US-India relations and can also have its implications on the upcoming visit of the US President to India.
Sources that the Americans had come with an immense homework and were very easily refuting all the pleas that were being taken by the Indian side. These sources say there was a perception at PMO after Kerry left that the American side had done its homework in the backdrop of Pakistani Army Chief General Raheel Sharif’s recent high profile visit to the United States. It was concluded at Delhi that Pakistani General’s background interviews with the Americans and most likely his handing over of certain solid proof to support his arguments during his US visit had really given enough arsenal to the Americans to come with a very heavy shelling on Modi. These sources also say that it has been conveyed to Delhi that if India desires to have some fruit, other than symbolic benefits and photo shots, out of the upcoming visit to India by the US President, it must bring an abrupt end to RAW-TTP nexus and pull its horses back from the field.
It may be mentioned here the former US Secretary of State, Chuck Hegel had also crystal clearly accused India of exporting terrorism to Pakistan via Afghanistan and his remarks in this regard ar still on official record.
Loud Thinking January 14, 2015 at 10:09PM
A most urgent appeal to all the political leaders of Pakistan..!
Sir, as per the latest report of today, telecast by the DUNYA TV channel, 313 kids have been killed in 105 days in THAR.
The nation wonders how it is possible for our leadership to eat their meals and take sleep, when kids of their country are dying not in dozens, not in scores but in hundreds, due to diseases and hunger; and when all these deaths were absolutely avoidable, with just SOME extra efforts?
Wake Up Wake Up wake Up before it is too late..!
Loud Thinking January 14, 2015 at 08:53PM
“Dare to be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not and to believe in your own individuality.”
—Henri-Frederic Amiel (1821-1881)
Philosopher, Poet, Critic
