03-03-2010, 11:16 AM
[quote name='Bharat_2009' date='28 February 2010 - 01:49 PM' timestamp='1267344677' post='104627']
The best line from your article on strategic missiles is "Indian nuclear deterrence is not a two-sum game". In other words, it is not always about China and Pakistan. Awesome !!
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Bharat: That statement is not mine but the venerable K.Subramaium-saab, by which he means that India will never have one on one nuclear war with Pakistan OR China. Indian policy makes see Pakistan nuclear capability as an extension of China (and Pakis will use the nuke only upon Chinese command) , and that in case of nuclear war with Pakistan, Indian nuclear retaliation will be against both countries, no matter which one of the two lobbled the first nuke on India, because such hot war will see them go to war with India simultaneously.
The two sum game reality is well known to China, as well as US and other countries. Indian nuclear reprisal on China is destabilizing because it will involves China to also launch its ICBM on other countries, and that is why US have always pressurized India to sucker up, and not enter/play the nuclear game.
The best line from your article on strategic missiles is "Indian nuclear deterrence is not a two-sum game". In other words, it is not always about China and Pakistan. Awesome !!
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Bharat: That statement is not mine but the venerable K.Subramaium-saab, by which he means that India will never have one on one nuclear war with Pakistan OR China. Indian policy makes see Pakistan nuclear capability as an extension of China (and Pakis will use the nuke only upon Chinese command) , and that in case of nuclear war with Pakistan, Indian nuclear retaliation will be against both countries, no matter which one of the two lobbled the first nuke on India, because such hot war will see them go to war with India simultaneously.
The two sum game reality is well known to China, as well as US and other countries. Indian nuclear reprisal on China is destabilizing because it will involves China to also launch its ICBM on other countries, and that is why US have always pressurized India to sucker up, and not enter/play the nuclear game.