Indian Nuclear Strategy

Confronting the Potential Threat from both China and Pakistan
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-65439-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 324 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 540 g

This book examines India’s nuclear strategy as it confronts the potential threat from both China and Pakistan. The potential threats - traditional as well as non-traditional CBRN threats - will be examined as will India’s approach to dealing with them. India’s nuclear arsenal, its dual purpose civil-military space program and its nascent BMD capability will be explored with a view to informing the reader as to the steps taken by India to confront its nuclear challenges.

Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Badri-Maharaj, Sanjay

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Potential Threat: The Chinese and Pakistani Nuclear Arsenals; 2. India’s Nuclear Arsenal—Current and Future Deterrent; 3. Tactical Nuclear Weapons: Options for India?; 4. Ballistic Missile Defences for India: An Essential Asset; 5. India’s Military Space Efforts: An Important Yet Underappreciated Asset; 6. Responding to a Nontraditional CBRN Attack; 7. The Indian Doctrine: Credibility and Capability = Strategy; 8 The Path Ahead: Shaping India’s Nuclear Strategy in the Years to Come

Über Autor(innen)

Sanjay Badri-Maharaj, Independent Defence Analyst, Trinidad and Tobago.