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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822849603321

Autore

Koithara Verghese <1940->

Titolo

Managing India's nuclear forces / / Verghese Koithara

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2012

ISBN

1-280-48740-2

9786613582638

0-8157-2267-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (314 p.)

Disciplina

327.54

355.02/170954

355.02170954

Soggetti

Nuclear arms control - India

Nuclear weapons - India

Strategic forces - India

India Military policy

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. [275]-286) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Strategic considerations -- The challenge of deterrence -- A unique nuclear path -- The triad -- Nuclear hardware -- Hardware to forces -- Operational level management -- India's nuclear force management system -- Nuclear strategy -- Development of nuclear forces -- The 'use' of nuclear forces -- The many-faceted challenge.

Sommario/riassunto

India is now enmeshed in the deterrence game-actively with its traditional adversary Pakistan, and potentially with China. At the same time it is finding easier access to fissile materials and strategic technologies. In order to deal with these developments safely and wisely, the nation needs a much more sophisticated and multidisciplinary understanding of the strategic, technological, operational, and cost issues involved in nuclear matters. In this important book, Indian strategic analyst Verghese Koithara explains and evaluates India's nuclear force management,