On the seriousness of the threat of war:
My honest judgment is that the situation is certainly tense, and serious. I say this because of the massing oftroops - army, navy, air force - by the Indians, and our doing the same in response. Now in militaryterminology, we judge it by capability and intention. If intentions are judged through rhetoric and what theyare thinking in the mind, capability is physical. It can be quantified. When capability is acquired, inquantified terms, on ground, in terms of forces, the situation becomes extremely explosive. Because theintention can arise at any moment, and extreme adventurism can be undertaken at any time. The seriousness ofthe situation now is that the capability exists for any adventurous act. So whenever an intention comes about,it will erupt. So therefore, I think as long as the capability exists, the situation will remain serious.