ASSOCIATED PRESS OF PAKISTAN
NEWS SUMMARY (12-06-1998)
Modernization of India's nuke, missile programme: Canadian Daily
ISLAMABAD, June 12 (APP) :India's new federal budget, with a massive 68 per cent raise in spending on atomic energy and 62 per cent on space research, provides a rapid programme of modernization of its nuclear and missile development, reports the reputed Canadian Daily "The Ottawa Citizen". Reportedly, India, which already has nuclear submarines and is currently developing sea-based and land-based missiles, received defence cooperation from Russia, it said. Russia has also provided atomic reactors to India, despite tremendous US pressure, it added.
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