USA - Clinton speaks on India's nuclear tests

(22 May 1998) T/I: 10:59:36


US President BILL Clinton warned on Friday (22/05) that by conducting nuclear tests, India had threatened the stability of Asia. Addressing the US naval Academy at Annapolis, the president again asked the Indian government to halt its nuclear test programme.

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ANNAPOLIS, USA 22/5
WS of naval academy gathering;
SOT of USA President Bill Clinton at podium saying just last week, India conducted a series of nuclear explosive tests reminding us that technology is not always a force of good. India's action threatens the stability of Asia and challenges the firm international consensus to stop all nuclear tests. So again I ask India to stop all its nuclear
tests and join the 149 countries in signing test ban treaty....and I ask Pakistan to exercise restraint - to avoid a perilous nuclear arms race. This spectre of a dangerous rivalry in South Asia is but one of the many signs that we must remain strong and vigilant against the kinds of threats we have seen already throughout the 20th century.
Cutaway;
SOT Clinton:"Rather than invading our beaches or launching bombers - these adversaries may launch cyber attacks against our critical military systems and our economic base. Or they deploy compact or relatively cheap weapons of mass destruction - not just nuclear but also chemical or biological. To use disease as a weapons of war. Sometimes terrorists or criminals act alone, but increasingly interconnected or sometimes supported by hostile nations...our vulnerability to cyber terrorism....we have the best equipped force in history but we need to be prepared to fight the next war not the last
one...
Marines clapping;

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