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"Work on nuke deterrence for Navy underway"
New Delhi, Jan. 28 (PTI): Noting that India's strategic forces already possessed land and aircraft-based nuclear deterrence capabilities, a former Navy chief has said work on such an option for the naval forces has already begun.
"India's Nuclear Doctrine clearly envisages a deterrent in the form of a triad with land-based, aircraft-borne and submarine-launched legs. Of these, we possess only the first two at the moment," Admiral (Retd) Arun Prakash said in an article in the forthcoming issue of Indian Defence Review.
Maintaining that the "only platform" which could achieve deterrence was the nuclear-propelled, ballistic-missile-armed submarines (SSBNs), he said to complete the triad of the strategic forces, "we must have a small number of SSBNs."
"Development work is reported to be underway, and when this platform becomes operationally available, we will need suitable areas in the distant reaches of the Indian Ocean from where it can be safely deployed to pose deterrence to our adversaries," the erstwhile Navy chief said in an article entitled 'A Vision for Maritime India: 2020'.
Observing that nuclear weapons were not meant for fighting wars but acted as a deterrent, he said it convinced the enemy of the "futility of contemplating a nuclear first strike", as retaliatory action would be horrific and have a devastating impact on the adversary to make such a strike pointless.
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200701281230.htm
New Delhi, Jan. 28 (PTI): Noting that India's strategic forces already possessed land and aircraft-based nuclear deterrence capabilities, a former Navy chief has said work on such an option for the naval forces has already begun.
"India's Nuclear Doctrine clearly envisages a deterrent in the form of a triad with land-based, aircraft-borne and submarine-launched legs. Of these, we possess only the first two at the moment," Admiral (Retd) Arun Prakash said in an article in the forthcoming issue of Indian Defence Review.
Maintaining that the "only platform" which could achieve deterrence was the nuclear-propelled, ballistic-missile-armed submarines (SSBNs), he said to complete the triad of the strategic forces, "we must have a small number of SSBNs."
"Development work is reported to be underway, and when this platform becomes operationally available, we will need suitable areas in the distant reaches of the Indian Ocean from where it can be safely deployed to pose deterrence to our adversaries," the erstwhile Navy chief said in an article entitled 'A Vision for Maritime India: 2020'.
Observing that nuclear weapons were not meant for fighting wars but acted as a deterrent, he said it convinced the enemy of the "futility of contemplating a nuclear first strike", as retaliatory action would be horrific and have a devastating impact on the adversary to make such a strike pointless.
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200701281230.htm
