An Illusion of the Indian Balistic Missile Defence System
| Autor: | Saima Kausar, Ashfaq Ahmed |
|---|---|
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
021110 strategic
defence & security studies Operationalization media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Ballistic missile 0211 other engineering and technologies Vulnerability Doctrine 02 engineering and technology South Asia Nuclear weapon 0506 political science BMDS Political science Political economy 050602 political science & public administration Deterrence theory Law Tactical nuclear weapon Deterrence Counterforce media_common |
| Zdroj: | Politeja, Vol 16, Iss 2(59) (2019) |
| ISSN: | 2391-6737 1733-6716 |
| Popis: | In this paper, the Researcher has endeavored to test the hypothesis that the Indian ballistic missile defense system (BMDS) erodes the sense of mutual vulnerability. It seems that the BMDS provides a false sense of security to India. For this reason it is felt that the Cold Start Doctrine (CSD) can therefore be launched against Pakistan in an attempt to actualize a disarming strike. Consequentially, the BMDS disturbs the India-Pakistan crisis and deterrence stability. Indian policymakers should realize that firstly, the operationalization of the CSD crosses Pakistan’s nuclear threshold and it requires Islamabad to unleash strategic and tactical nuclear weapons (TNWs); secondly, the Pak-India crisis and deterrence stability is functional due to the sense of mutual vulnerability; thirdly, the credibility of nuclear deterrence has not been tested and fourthly, the deterrence stability solidified the crisis and strategic stability. The BMDS deployment in South Asia will certainly result first in quantitative and qualitative nuclear proliferation; second, it weakens the NPT and; third, it may break the nuclear taboo based on non-use of nuclear weapons. India needs to understand that Pak-India can survive the long persisting threat of conventional and nuclear war because of the mutual vulnerability of counter value and counterforce targets. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|