Game of Nukes

By Lt Gen Prakash Katoch

01 Apr , 2015

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The Stimpson Centre recently released an essay titled ‘Pakistan’s Tactical Nuclear Weapons: Operational Myths and Realities’ by Dr Jeffrey D McCausland in which the author highlights following salient issues:

Pakistan has decided to rely on short-range nuclear capable delivery vehicles to deter India’s conventional militay advantage; 

mainstay of Pakistan’s TNWs is Nasr missile of 60 kms range; 

Pakistan’s efforts to develop and produce short-range, nuclear capable systems will seriously undermin deterrence stability and escalation control on the subcontinent; 

this places a heavier burden on India, Pakistan and the US (crisis-manger in South Asia) to address underlying causes of deterrence instability;