India needs to make its Nuclear Doctrine more 'potent', and 'straight'. No more 'dove- like' articulations in view of the emerging threats to its Security. Mr Ali Ahmed's Article is timely and thought provoking. He says:
"This policy brief proposes a direction of review by interrogating a principal pillar of the doctrine – that of massive punitive retaliation".
"There has even been a recommendation by a departing National Security Advisory Board on jettisoning ‘No First Use’ – perhaps the most salient pillar of the doctrine."
"The sub-paragraph of interest of the press release subsequent to the Cabinet Committee on Security endorsing the nuclear doctrine of 04 Jan 03 reads: “(ii) A posture of “No First Use”: Nuclear weapons will only be used in retaliation against a nuclear attack on Indian territory or on Indian forces anywhere; (iii) Nuclear retaliation to a first strike will be massive and designed to inflict unacceptable damage. "
http://www.idsa.in/policy_briefs/AliAmhed24042009.htm for complete Article.
We need to revisit the doctrine in keeping with our national aspirations. Pse also read my Posting on this Blog below. We can't allow Nuclear Terrorism, state-sponsored or otherwise, to take better of Us.
Brigadier (Retired) Sukhwindar Singh
http://www.svipja.com/
"This policy brief proposes a direction of review by interrogating a principal pillar of the doctrine – that of massive punitive retaliation".
"There has even been a recommendation by a departing National Security Advisory Board on jettisoning ‘No First Use’ – perhaps the most salient pillar of the doctrine."
"The sub-paragraph of interest of the press release subsequent to the Cabinet Committee on Security endorsing the nuclear doctrine of 04 Jan 03 reads: “(ii) A posture of “No First Use”: Nuclear weapons will only be used in retaliation against a nuclear attack on Indian territory or on Indian forces anywhere; (iii) Nuclear retaliation to a first strike will be massive and designed to inflict unacceptable damage. "
http://www.idsa.in/policy_briefs/AliAmhed24042009.htm for complete Article.
We need to revisit the doctrine in keeping with our national aspirations. Pse also read my Posting on this Blog below. We can't allow Nuclear Terrorism, state-sponsored or otherwise, to take better of Us.
Brigadier (Retired) Sukhwindar Singh
http://www.svipja.com/
Credit: The IDSA, http://www.idsa.in/, An Article by Mr Ali Ahmed, Research Fellow at the IDSA, New Delhi. The IDSA is India’s Think Tank on Matters Defence.
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