Indian minister for science and technology, has ruled out the possibility of establishing any mechanism to share seismic data with Pakistan.
Monday, October 10, 2005
From the Daily Times of Pakistan, this is just too sad:
NEW DELHI: Even as a top Indian government official rushes to Washington to put India on the Global Seismographic Network so it is better informed of earthquakes, Kapil Sibal, the Indian minister for science and technology, has ruled out the possibility of establishing any mechanism to share seismic data with Pakistan. He has a reason for keeping Pakistan at arm’s length, because the same seismic data that gives intensity and epicentre information can also reveal the exact location and intensity of any underground nuclear test.
These places are on huge fault zones. How many people have to die before they share data?
What the world needs is this: Desktop datamining capabilities so good that any 14-year-old in New Jersey who wants to know can tell who's doing nuclear testing and where.