NuclearweaponsIndiaforcestructureemploymentpolicyno-first-useThis article argues India is laying the foundation to move away from "no-first-use" (NFU) as its nuclear weapons employment policy. Since the inception of its nuclear weapons program, India has claimed NFU as the centerpiece of its ...
The Domestic Consequences of India’ Nuclear Tests Devesh Kapur Pages 239-258 The Costs of Nuclear Weapons in South Asia Peter R. Lavoy Pages 259-276 India’ Energy Policy and Nuclear Weapons Program Raju G. C. Thomas Pages 277-296 Proliferation Lessons and Security Prospects Fron...
to her great discredit, called off at the proverbial last minute the planned Israeli air strike operation to bomb the Pakistan nuclear weapons complex at Kahuta — a mission that was to be staged out of Indian bases in Jamnagar and Udhampur, an Islamabad, ...
MUMBAI : Rajagopala Chidambaram, a veteran physicist and a key architect of Indias nuclear weapons program, passed away in Mumbai on Saturday, January 4, at the age of 88. Known for his monumental contributions to nuclear physics and science administration, Chidambaram played an instrumental role ...
In the now released dispatches, which were previously classified as secret, those companies are listed for the first time that the US has accused of supporting the Pakistani nuclear weapons program with their deliveries. The list included around half a dozen companies each from Germany and ...
and Pakistan's nuclear weapons program. In an effort to curtail tensions, the two countries formed a joint commission. In December 1988, Prime Ministers Rajiv Gandhi and Benazir Bhutto concluded a pact not to attack each other's nuclear facilities and initiated agreements on cultural exchanges and...
India, which is not a party to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), is considered under U.S. law to be a non-nuclear weapon state, yet has tested nuclear weapons and has an ongoing nuclear weapons program. For these reasons, the President would need to make certain waivers and ...
Washington said the landmark deal, which still needs U.S. congressional approval, will place India's nuclear program under closer scrutiny. But detractors warned it could set a dangerous precedent in efforts to rid the world of weapons of mass destruction. ...
Indian critics have said the agreement would put restrictions on the country's nuclear weapons program. The United States and India have reached an operating agreement on peaceful nuclear cooperation, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced Friday. (File photo)...
Although India is trying to encourage greater foreign participation in its atomic power program, its failure to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT, an international treaty that prohibits signatories from testing nuclear weapons) has inhibited investment and technical support from Western firms....