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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455521803321

Autore

Karnad Bharat

Titolo

India's nuclear policy [[electronic resource] /] / Bharat Karnad ; foreword by Stephen P. Cohen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Praeger Security International, 2008

ISBN

1-282-41622-7

9786612416224

0-275-99946-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 p.)

Disciplina

355.02/17

Soggetti

Nuclear energy - Government policy - India

National security - India

Nuclear weapons - India

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-208) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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