India expanding military nuclear site, says US think tank

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India expanding military nuclear site, says US think tank

WASHINGTON: India is expanding its military nuclear site near Mysore, a Washington-based think tank said on Friday, but the US State Department or the non-proliferation lobby refused to comment any further.

In a report timed with the start of the first Indo-US Strategic Dialogue, the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) said Google Earth imagery showed initial excavations and construction of a large building or buildings at the Rare Materials Plant site in Karnataka.

“The construction is in its early stages in this image but the buildings are estimated to be huge,” it said as it released a satellite picture of the site taken on March 30.

“Based on procurement data and public advertisements for bidding requests, ISIS concluded in 2006 that India was on the verge of adding at least 3,000 centrifuges to the RMP… India’s uranium enrichment capacity at RMP i9s likely to be greatly expanded,” ISIS added. app

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