India's Emerging Nuclear Posture
Subtitle: Between Recessed Deterrent and Ready Arsenal
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Published: September 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 825
ISBN-13: 9780833027740
Subjects: International relations; Nuclear weapons; c 1990 to c 2000; Political Freedom & Security - International Secur; Military - Nuclear Warfare; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; India; Indian sub-continent; International Relations - General; Deterrence (Strategy); Military policy
First sentence: After a hiatus of almost 24 years, India once again startled the world by resuming nuclear testing at a time when the international community had solemnly expressed a desire, through the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), to refrain from the field testing of nuclear explosives.