1st Edition

Indian Nuclear Strategy Confronting the Potential Threat from both China and Pakistan

By Sanjay Badri-Maharaj Copyright 2020
    324 Pages
    by Routledge

    324 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book examines India’s nuclear strategy as it confronts the potential threat from both China and Pakistan. The potential threats - traditional as well as non-traditional CBRN threats - will be examined as will India’s approach to dealing with them. India’s nuclear arsenal, its dual purpose civil-military space program and its nascent BMD capability will be explored with a view to informing the reader as to the steps taken by India to confront its nuclear challenges.



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    1. Potential Threat: The Chinese and Pakistani Nuclear Arsenals; 2. India’s Nuclear Arsenal—Current and Future Deterrent; 3. Tactical Nuclear Weapons: Options for India?; 4. Ballistic Missile Defences for India: An Essential Asset; 5. India’s Military Space Efforts: An Important Yet Underappreciated Asset; 6. Responding to a Nontraditional CBRN Attack; 7. The Indian Doctrine: Credibility and Capability = Strategy ; 8 The Path Ahead: Shaping India’s Nuclear Strategy in the Years to Come

    Biography

    Sanjay Badri-Maharaj, Independent Defence Analyst, Trinidad and Tobago.