Minimum credible deterrence (MCD, officially N-deterrence) ) is a defence and strategic principle upon which Pakistan's atomic weapons programme is based. The doctrine is not a part of the nuclear doctrine of Pakistan, which is designed for the use of the atomic weapons in a full-scale declared war if the doctrine's conditions are surpassed. Instead, mCD is a policy that falls under minimal deterrence as an inverse to the mutually assured destruction (MAD), which is widely regarded as designed to dissuade India from taking any military actions against Pakistan, unlike in 1971, when India defended itself after Pakistan had started the Indo-Pakistani war of 1971. Pakistan refuses to adopt the no first use policy although the other regional powers (India and China) have adopted the policy.
Minimum credible deterrence (MCD, officially N-deterrence) is a defence and strategic principle upon which the Pakistani atomic weapons programme is based. The doctrine is not a part of the nuclear doctrine of Pakistan, which is designed for the use of the atomic weapons in a full-scale declared war if the doctrine's conditions are surpassed. Instead, it is a policy that falls under minimal deterrence as an inverse to the mutually assured destruction (MAD), which is widely regarded as designed to dissuade India from taking any military actions against Pakistan, unlike in 1971, when India defended itself after Pakistan had started the Indo-Pakistani war of 1971. Pakistan refuses to adopt the no first use policy although the other regional powers (India and China) have adopted the policy.
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