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Managing India's nuclear forces [[electronic resource] /] / Verghese Koithara



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Autore: Koithara Verghese <1940-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Managing India's nuclear forces [[electronic resource] /] / Verghese Koithara Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (314 p.)
Disciplina: 327.54
355.02/170954
355.02170954
Soggetto topico: Nuclear arms control - India
Nuclear weapons - India
Strategic forces - India
Soggetto geografico: India Military policy
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
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 multidisciplinaryunderstanding 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, encouraging a broad p
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ISBN: 1-280-48740-2
9786613582638
0-8157-2267-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910465705903321
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