Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-208) and index.
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New attractions of the bomb: the nuclearized international milieu -- Laying the foundation: India's nuclear and missile capabilities and minimum deterrence concept, 1947-1998 -- Maturing nuclear and missile capabilities and minimum credible deterrence strategy, post-1998 -- Southern Asia: limited war, potential nuclear crises, India-US nuclear deal.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book examines the Indian nuclear policy, doctrine, strategy and posture, clarifying the elastic concept of credible minimum deterrence at the center of the country's approach to nuclear security. This concept, Karnad demonstrates, permits the Indian nuclear forces to be beefed up, size and quality-wise, and to acquire strategic reach and clout, even as the qualifier minimum suggests an overarching concern for moderation and economical use of resources, and strengthens India's claims to be a responsible nuclear weapon state. Based on interviews with Indian political leaders, nuclear scient.
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Title
India's nuclear policy.
International Standard Book Number
0275999459
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
National security-- India.
Nuclear energy-- Government policy-- India.
Nuclear weapons-- India.
Atomwaffe-- Indien-- Geschichte.
HISTORY-- Military-- Nuclear Warfare.
Kernwaffe
National security.
Nuclear energy-- Government policy.
Nuclear weapons.
Sicherheitspolitik
Sicherheitspolitik-- Indien-- Geschichte 1947-2000.