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What can be the number of nukes required to bring India China equation to MAD....

IMO discussion shld move beyind NfU or no NFU. I was thinking, cant we also develop Tactical nukes specific to China. Origins of TNWs lie in the situation of Soviet invasion of eastern Europe. TNWs were thought of as a solution to stop Soviet armada from marching into Europe wherein small...

Distance between Karachi to Mumbai is abt 900 Kms, Lahore to Delhi abt 400 Kms. A BM launched from Lahore towards Delhi would reach India within 2 minutes taking an RV velocity of 3.5 Kms/second. Actual speeds may be higher. Point is you hardly got any time to decide NFU or No NFU from the...

Yes. Only suicidal Pakis have incorporated nukes on a battle field weapon. Nasr is all abt tactical nukes only. While India will still give massive retaliation to TNWs. Another point of differentiation is the potential targets of an attack. In a Counter force attack one would target the...

Isnt SLBMs a second strike weapon rather than first strike. BMs can be detected by satelites and aircrafts given area denial. Under such scenario when a decapitating strike has already killed most of country's leadership and comm structures a submarine remains the most likely platform to remain...

I guess there wont be any ambiguity as to which country its coming from. Location may be difficult to track, but surely we would know who did it and who shld we retaliate to. US is moving towards boost phase detection where the BM is easiest to detect and destroy as the speed of missile is slow...

Seems there was a pretty long thread existing on nuclear doctrine. To continue here or merge with the old one is for the Mods to decide. @sayareakd , @Razor , @Dovah . https://defenceforumindia.com/forum/threads/indias-nuclear-doctrine.28284/

Aren't MT scale warheads a thing of past when missile accuracy used to be less. Nowadays with more accurate positioning & MIRV tech Megaton is not really an effective weapon other than the psychological effect it connotes. IMO India should focus on MiRV tech and maneuverable warheads that are...