Dianne Feinstein: “I don't believe in the last decade that there has been a more disturbing fact and change of events on the subcontinent…”

“I don't believe in the last decade that there has been a more disturbing fact and change of events on the subcontinent of Asia than the detonation of these nuclear tests. They have taken two countries, and indicated to the world that each has a lethal capacity which is far in excess of the bomb that exploded at Hiroshima. This morning I detailed the unclassified analyses of what each of these countries has in the type of nuclear weapons, the type of launching devices, the type of plane, and the potential damage in terms of loss of life of humans that could occur. And it is quite mind-boggling. This resolution essentially calls upon all freedom-loving countries, all members of the international community, to support the United States in its sanctions against both India and Pakistan. It calls for the Governments of India and Pakistan to commit to no further additional nuclear test, and it urges them to take immediate steps bilaterally, and under the auspices of the United Nations, to reduce tensions between them. Any one of these events could bring about a miscalculation and produce a nuclear holocaust.”