APJ Abdul Kalam’s role in India’s #nuclear programme highlighted by #US media

Describing him as one of the most “exuberant boosters” of India’s nuclear capabilities, the US media on Tuesday highlighted the contribution of ‘missile man’ APJ Abdul Kalam to the country’s atomic and space programme.

Kalam, who would have turned 84 in October died after suffering a massive cardiac arrest during a lecture at the IIM Shillong on Monday, plunging his country into overwhelming grief. “He was one of the most exuberant boosters of the country’s nuclear program,” The New York Times wrote in a rare obituary for Kalam. “He used the spotlight to urge India to build up its military strength and to free itself from the threat of domination by outside forces,” the daily said.