03031nam 2200721 a 450 991077793320332120081208073014.0979-84-00-66960-61-282-41622-797866124162240-275-99946-710.5040/9798400669606(CKB)1000000000767718(EBL)613108(OCoLC)700699279(SSID)ssj0000178370(PQKBManifestationID)11167461(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000178370(PQKBWorkID)10221828(PQKB)11283036(Au-PeEL)EBL613108(CaPaEBR)ebr10323767(CaONFJC)MIL241622(MiAaPQ)EBC613108(OCoLC)230192144(DLC)BP9798400669606BC(EXLCZ)99100000000076771820080625e20082024 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIndia's nuclear policy[electronic resource] /Bharat Karnad ; foreword by Stephen P. CohenWestport, Conn. :Praeger Security International,2008.New York :Bloomsbury Publishing (US),2024.1 online resource (236 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-275-99945-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-208) and index.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.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 scientNational securityIndiaNuclear energyGovernment policyIndiaNuclear weaponsIndiaNational securityNuclear energyGovernment policyNuclear weapons355.02/17Karnad Bharat1506935DLCDLCBTCTABAKERYDXCPC#PBWXVVCDLCBOOK9910777933203321India's nuclear policy3737365UNINA